Top writer acts as narrator

Louis will be guest narrator for the showing of Sunday Morning At The Centre Of the World at the Marlborough Theatre on May 9.

Written as a ‘play for voices’ in 1999, it was originally broadcast by BBC Radio Three. Influenced by Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood, it is a homage to a period of Louis de Bernières’ life in Earlsfield, South London and had never been performed live by a professional cast before this production’s premiere at the Southwark Playhouse, London, in March.

Producer Paul Jellis said: “This unique production by Bad Physics is a 60-minute sensory experience featuring a cast of eight.

“Blindfolded for the duration of the piece, half of the audience choose to experience the play not only through hearing the dialogue, but also through the exhilaration of live sound effects, smells and touch.

“The rest of the audience watch this played out in front of them as a performance within a performance, witnessing the effects created as well as the reactions of the audience experiencing them.

Paul added: “Bad Physics are a young theatre company who specialise in staging new and existing pieces of work in unconventional and dynamic ways. Started as a result of a commission by Latitude Festival in 2009 to produce a new piece of work the resulting show Anthropology, an adaptation of a book of short stories by Dan Rhodes, was highly successful and ensured their return in 2010 with a piece of their own devising, Pitching In.”

Performances are at The Marlborough, 4 Prince’s Street, Brighton, May 6-9 (tickets on www.brightonfestivalfringe.co.uk or 01273 917272).