Tues 23rd May – Sat 10th June
Time: 7:30pm plus 1:00pm Saturday matinees
Tickets: Pay What You Feel (23rd – 27th May)
£15 - £3 (30th May – 10th June)
Age Recommendation: 12+
Access: Captioned performance Wednesday 31st May
Audio Described performance Wednesday 7th June
All Saturday matinee performances will be relaxed
We’ve been lying to ourselves forever. We create mythical beings to shield our children from the dark realities of life - the Easter Bunny, Santa, the Tooth Fairy – but was it ever about the magic of childhood? Or was it always just a form of control?
When everything you ever thought was true turns out to be a lie, and the people you thought would never lie to you have been lying all along, how do you rebuild trust? How do you begin a conversation with someone who holds a different perception of the truth?
The Lies takes a look at how we fell into the trap of accepting lies as part of everyday life. From the little white lies we tell our children to the great big whoppers we tell ourselves about who we are as a nation. We’re all complicit, so when are you going to stop lying to yourself?
Degna Stone is a poet and poetry editor based in North East England. They are co-founder and former Managing Editor of Butcher’s Dog poetry magazine, a Contributing Editor at The Rialto, and an associate artist with The Poetry Exchange.
Praise for Degna’s previous work:
“What a joy, at last, to hold Degna Stone’s debut. They are a spellbinding poet: passionate, political and precise. Their poems lay bare the human heart and what it means to love and be loved in a world full of trouble. Unafraid of the ragged seams of life, they hold us, all our sorrows and failings, with the deepest compassion, urging us to be bold, take the risk and make the world better.” - Liz Berry on Proof of Life on Earth, 2022
Time: 7:30pm plus 1:00pm Saturday matinees
Tickets: Pay What You Feel (23rd – 27th May)
£15 - £3 (30th May – 10th June)
Age Recommendation: 12+
Access: Captioned performance Wednesday 31st May
Audio Described performance Wednesday 7th June
All Saturday matinee performances will be relaxed
We’ve been lying to ourselves forever. We create mythical beings to shield our children from the dark realities of life - the Easter Bunny, Santa, the Tooth Fairy – but was it ever about the magic of childhood? Or was it always just a form of control?
When everything you ever thought was true turns out to be a lie, and the people you thought would never lie to you have been lying all along, how do you rebuild trust? How do you begin a conversation with someone who holds a different perception of the truth?
The Lies takes a look at how we fell into the trap of accepting lies as part of everyday life. From the little white lies we tell our children to the great big whoppers we tell ourselves about who we are as a nation. We’re all complicit, so when are you going to stop lying to yourself?
Degna Stone is a poet and poetry editor based in North East England. They are co-founder and former Managing Editor of Butcher’s Dog poetry magazine, a Contributing Editor at The Rialto, and an associate artist with The Poetry Exchange.
Praise for Degna’s previous work:
“What a joy, at last, to hold Degna Stone’s debut. They are a spellbinding poet: passionate, political and precise. Their poems lay bare the human heart and what it means to love and be loved in a world full of trouble. Unafraid of the ragged seams of life, they hold us, all our sorrows and failings, with the deepest compassion, urging us to be bold, take the risk and make the world better.” - Liz Berry on Proof of Life on Earth, 2022
