Les Enfants Terribles Theatre Company

They've found a picture. A blueprint for the destruction of society? ...Or the scribblings of a four year old?

They have a picture, a picture which could spell the destruction of civilised society, a plan so devastating it would change the world as we know it. They must put a stop to it. They have a suspect, tied to a chair, a hood covering his face. The only problem is the suspect claims the picture was drawn by his four year old son. They have the suspect's wife, but she claims her son couldn't have made the picture.

Who's telling the truth? What is the truth? And does the truth really matter?

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CREDITS:

Wriiten by:	Oliver Lansley
Produced by:	James Seager Oliver Lansley
Original Direction by:	Jamie Harper
Set Design:	Signe Beckmann
Music and Sound Design:	Tomas Gisby Neil Townsend

2007 Tour:

Directed by:	James Seager
Stage Management and Lighting:	Laura Wilson
Samedi:	Oliver Lansley
Castogan:	Adrian Der Gregorian
Cooper:	Timothy Edwin Brown
Lilly:	Sarah Kirkland

2006 Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe/Old Red Lion:

Directed by:	Jamie Harper
Stage Management and Lighting:	James Mathews
Samedi:	Alexander Gilmour
Castogan:	Graeme Brookes
Cooper:	Simon Philips
Lilly:	Pippa Duffy

HAIRLINE * * * * *
HAIRLINE HIGHLIGHT WINNER
TOP 5 SHOWS 2006
An amazing play that verses around the idea of terrorism, paranoia and war; a perfect balance between horror and dark comedy which very few shows achieve. This is mainly achieved thanks to beautiful writing and a stupendous cast. Their work is astonishingly good. The Infant is excellent in every level, and there are not enough words to praise all of its qualities. One can only hope Lansley gets the recognition that he deserves and he surrounds himself with the same gifted cast for his new plays. Such a combination can never fail.

BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE * * * * *
CRITICS CHOICE
A savage satire on the paranoia engendered by the war on terror... It is very funny but also frightening. The characters are well drawn, in particular the two interrogators, who have just enough of the comic about them to drive the story forward but also sufficient reality to give an air of menace.

METRO * * * *
Shades of Beckett and Dario Fo pervade this taut, inky-black comedy. The caliber of both writing and performances make this much more than the sum of its parts. Alexander Gilmour is superb as the lead interrogator, like a younger, more reptilian David Tennant, while author Lansley's semi-surreal parody of the methods and language deployed in defence of the realm is as elegant as it's subversive.

THREE WEEKS * * * *
CRITICS CHOICE
Bitingly funny and deeply insightful, Lansley's new play ruthlessly scrutinises the consequences of a "smoke 'em out" mode of thought and poignantly show what fear makes of people in times when everybody is potentially guilty. Political without being PC, absurdly comical and brilliantly acted.

THE STAGE
The Infant is a highly assured, well performed absurdist piece with many resonances for today's climate of fear... a penetrating look at police paranoia and state-led authoritarianism. Lansley shows himself a gifted playwright with this work... the vim with which Lansley executes his task is impressive... A very convincing absurdist drama for our times.