Jo Tomalin talks to Hannah Smith and Ralph McCubbin-Howell from Trick of the Light theatre company based in New Zealand. They talk about how they work with light and developed prior shows that they have presented at EdFringe. Their latest show – at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – is Suitcase Show.
“A traveller arrives at a border with a stack of battered cases. From within them, whole worlds will emerge… Suitcase Show is an eclectic boxset of short stories. Dark, spiky, and comic, each one is told out of a suitcase. The staging is inventive, from lo-fi shadowplay to wireless projection, from dancing disembodied hands to narratives that crackle from a 70s stereo suitcase. Trick of the Light is an award-winning company from Aotearoa / New Zealand renowned for crafting inventive shows with engaging narratives. Past work includes The Road That Wasn’t There, Tröll, and The Bookbinder.”
Listen to our interview here: