Signals
Life. Telescopes. Jaffa cakes.
2019 Tour
The Cosmic Shambles Network is excited to announce a collaboration with Footprint Theatre on a new comedic play about our place in the Universe.
In the control room of a remote radio telescope two astronomers are tasked with the search for signs of alien life. The job description sounds amazing. The reality is incomprehensible boredom. Night after night they drink tea, compile data and scan the sky, searching for something, someone or even just some meaning in a world, nay, a Universe, we may never truly understand. What if we are alone? Or, hell, what if we’re not? That seems like a lot of pressure for a random Tuesday at 3am.
A comedy that asks how it feels to be lost in the cosmos with only each other and a few half eaten jaffa cakes for company.
Most performances of Signals will be accompanied by a talk by a leading space scientist. To see who is appearing at which performance, check the full dates below.
Starring Eve Cowley and Immie Davies
Written by Eve Cowley, Immie Davies, Elin Schofield, Isaac Whiting with additional material by Trent Burton and Melinda Burton Produced and Directed by Footprint Theatre and Trunkman Productions
Read the announcement, more about Footprint and the story of how Signals came to be part of The Cosmic Shambles Network here.
DATES
Waterside
Sale
October 12h
Buy tickets here
York Theatre Royal
York
October 17th
Buy tickets here
Norwich Science Festival
(PLUS talk from Prof Lucie Green)
Norwich Puppet Theatre, Norwich
Friday October 25th
Buy tickets here
Sheffield Theatres
Sheffield
October 28th
Buy tickets here
More dates to be announced soon


Pics by Benjamin Thapa
I missed the Signals play in Sheffield on the 28th October, where is the next nearest venue you will be performing?
Sean
Unfortunately last night was the final night of the tour!
oh ok, well thanks for letting me know.
I don’t suppose there’s an audio or video recording of it is there? a friend of mine said I would have really enjoyed it because of its content.
Sean