Edifice and Artifice

20th - 22nd February 2025

7:30 pm

Cygnet Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter, EX2 4AZ

Edifice and Artifice

Written and directed by Claire Temple

Edifice And Artifice is an urgent satire on the state of the wealth gap today and its consequences for the planet.

It takes place in the near future at the London headquarters of fictional oil company Starco, and in the protest camp laying siege to the skyscraper outside.

As London floods and the government retreats and factionalises, victims of the flooding join those protesting. Meanwhile, the staff left in the building, including the executives, assume the authorities will step in at any moment.

With this powder keg of expectation, it’s only a matter of time before the haves and have-nots collide.

In the absence of security staff and police, Hector Starholt, heir to the Starco empire, thinks a TV debate with the protesters will defuse the situation. This miscalculation rebounds on him with dire consequences.

Cygnet Theatre

Friars Gate

Exeter

EX2 4AZ

www.cygnettheatre.co.uk

Phone: 01392 277189

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Lon	Arthur Grizzell
Office Worker 1/PA to Magnus	Christian De La Croix
Office Worker 2	Callum Dinnett
Theo Starholt/Security Guard	Jack Harding
Paul Crosswall/TV Crew Member	Chris Taylor
Cassie/Protester	Chloe Kemp-Thompson
Hector Starholt	Benedict Morrison
Helen Tusk/Julie Fox	Tara Studholme Lyons
Piers Starholt/TV Crew Member	James Hyde
Katya Crosswall	Elizabeth Harding
Anna Mention	Briony Vallis
Rob Height	Stuart Cloete
Cilla Rhys	Olivia Parker
Stefan Crosswall	Mark Goddard
Magnus Starholt	Douglas Thomson
Pre-recorded voices	Peter Burnett, Kate Phimister, Douglas Thomson, Tara Studholme Lyons, Lori Hilson and Robin Thwaytes