“To Space is your telescope into a future and capsule that will preserve the past. Scientist and performer Dr Niamh Shaw has dreamed of space travel from the age of eight. After a year of interviewing astronauts, astrophysicists, space industries and potential future colonists of Mars, she’s discovered that what was once her childhood dream may soon become a reality. In a multimedia immersive performance that buzzes with new technologies, she explores the beauty, darkness and humanity of Space. What is our attraction to Space? What are we chasing – or escaping from?”. In this interview we get a producer’s perspective on bringing this unique and acclaimed show to the Edinburgh Fringe. Paul Levy asked Joanna Crawley a lot of questions about theatre making and space, in all its forms

Listen to our interview with Joanna Crawley about To Space

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