About

Can I Start Again Please is a meditative and moving performance about our cognitive capacity to process traumatic experience and the ability of language to represent it. It examines the power of language, as well as its failings. Why does language conceal as much as it reveals? How can it determine what is heard and what is ignored, what is articulated and what is silenced? Parallel narratives are told in the parallel languages of spoken English and British Sign Language, which intersect, diverge and build to create a mesmerising mix of verbal, visual and physical performance. 

A Sick! Festival commission made with support using public funding from Arts Council England

WINNER Total Theatre Award 2015 for Innovation, Experimentation & Playing with Form

“A challenging, devastating and devastatingly good piece.” 

★★★★ Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

“The performance isn’t just beautiful to look at: it’s utterly engaging.”    

★★★★★ Larry Bartleet, Broadway Baby

“This gracefully intelligent production faces up to so much: trauma, barely articulable feeling, the limits of language. You emerge wondering how a staging so kind can be so devastating.”

★★★★ Maxie Szalwinksa, The Sunday Times

Conceived and written by Sue MacLaine Performers: Sue MacLaine & Nadia Nadarajah Co-Director and dramaturg: Jonathan Burrows Designer: Lucy Bradridge Production Management: Sean Phillips Producer: Jane McMorrow Research and Development: Charlotte Vincent Photography: Matthew Andrews

A Sick! Festival commission made with support using public funding from Arts Council England

General Information

Guests with Mobility Impairments

Guests who use a wheelchair or experience mobility impairments are asked to call the box office on 01273 678822 or email info@attenboroughcentre.com so that we can assist you to find the best seat to suit your requirements.

Pay What You Decide

There are up to 20 Pay What You Decide (PWYD) tickets available to guests on a first-come, first-served basis. Come and see the show without paying anything in advance, and then pay what you think is appropriate at the end of the show. Maximum of four PWYD tickets per person. Please phone the box office on 01273 678822 or email info@attenboroughcentre.com for further information.

Concessions

The Concessions rate is available for students, University of Sussex students, Over 60s and people receiving JSA or DLA/PIP. Proof of eligibility may be required on the door or at the box office (if collecting).

Please contact info@attenboroughcentre.com for further information.

Box Office Opening Times

The box office phone line and drop-in service is open from 10am to 4pm, Mondays to Fridays. The box office is also open one hour before the advertised start time of the performance.