AND IF THE SURFACE TENSION BREAKS (2025)

lion & unicorn theatre

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY david brady

“CHEER UP, ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. IS IT?”

In the split second before a rare (and frankly inconvenient) cosmic event tears Planet Earth to atoms, the last human alive experiences one final moment of consciousness. A one-way rollercoaster ride to the edge of the apocalypse as life, death and the universe collide one final time…

As the atmosphere evaporates, the oceans boil and the world burns, you’re invited to join us to wave goodbye to the past, live in the moment, and celebrate a future that will never come to pass, as one man hurtles from the Last Gasp to the Big Bang and back again on a journey to confront the person he thinks he really is.

And you’ll never guess what happened next...

And If The Surface Tension Breaks is a brand new show about the end of the world, living for the moment, and the mother of all goodbye parties from critically acclaimed Proforca Theatre Company and is the in-house flagship show for the Spring / Summer Season at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, and kicks off a brand new year of celebratory work for the company.

Cast includes Conor Rowlett as Charlie, Kitty Evans as India, Emily O’Mahony as Tango and Ben Watts as Kilo. The show is written & directed by Lion & Unicorn Theatre Artistic Director David Brady with Music by Olivia Thompson, Movement Direction from Mark Conway & Intimacy Direction by Lucy Glassbrook.

CONTENT ADVISORY: Contains strong language, adult themes, sexual references and references to suicide and the End Of The World.

ABOUT PROFORCA THEATRE COMPANY

Proforca Theatre Company is the managing company in residence at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town. Feel More [2023] and Lately following the critically acclaimed "Feel" (2018-19 Lion & Unicorn Theatre & Tour) and the award nominated "At Last" (2019) and "AAAAA [FiveA] (2020) - (Lion & Unicorn & Albany Theatre Coventry) and “Flashbang” (2022).