Groupwork presents When Prophecy Fails

At Byre Theatre, St Andrews · 1 performance from Thu 8 Oct to Thu 8 Oct.

Run Time 70 minutes | Age Guidance - Suitable for all, recommended 14+ | Step into a world of apocalyptic visions, clandestine observers and the faithful disciples of a suburban housewife. Award-winning ensemble Groupwork present a daring new piece of physical theatre, based on a 1954 study outlining a groundbreaking theory of human behaviour now known as “cognitive dissonance”. When Prophecy Fails reimagines the events surrounding history’s very first UFO doomsday cult who, convinced of an impending apocalypse, prepare themselves for salvation via flying saucer. Inevitably, though, the group

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Thu 8 Oct · 19:00

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