A time spanning dystopian new musical written by a collective of writers for Timelapse
Writer | Adam Lenson
Writer | Rachel Bellman
Writer | Darren Clark
Writer | Annabelle Lee-Revak
Writer | Shaye Poulton-Richards
Writer | Stu Barter
CREATIVE TEAM
Director | Adam Lenson
Musical Supervisor | Annabelle Lee-Revak
Set & Costume Design | Libby Todd
Sound Design | Mike Thacker
Lighting Design | Ben Jacobs
CAST
Max Alexander-Taylor
Holly Freeman
Isabella Marshall
Melinda Orengo
Eric Stroud
VENUE
New Diorama Theatre
DATES
November - December 2025
SYNOPSIS
Centuries apart, the residents of a towering high-rise arrive at a crossroads, taking shelter along the riverbank in Greenwich – the place where time begins and the world ends.
In the near present, a biomedical emergency drives a young couple to confront their own complicity in the face of impending catastrophe.
Four hundred years from now, those who remain celebrate their survival, while long buried truths threaten to unravel their carefully constructed way of life.
As the tides rise and the power fails, two timelines converge in a single flat, where yesterday’s mistakes become tomorrow’s reckonings.
A darkly funny new musical with a thrilling electro-folk score, Precipice is a story of crisis, humanity, and hope at the edge of disaster.
Precipice is the debut show from Timelapse, created collaboratively by Stu Barter (Talkshow), Rachel Bellman (These Demons), Darren Clark (Olivier winner for Benjamin Button), Annabelle Lee Revak (Windsong), Shaye Poulton Richards (Lies All The Way Down), and Timelapse Artistic Director Adam Lenson (Cable Street).
“Innovative new musical theatre at its very best”
“The agonising hope, the captivating fear, the beautiful sorrow of this oxymoronic microsociety is encapsulated in its music. Hopefulness and pessimism are held in a delicate balance.”
“An extraordinary and absorbing musical”
““I was captivated and held. Delivered with rigour and deftness””