Chaseplay Theatre Company
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Nothing to be Done
Fleet Foxes, ‘Blue Spotted Tail’
Nothing to be Done is a piece of absurdist
theatre that explores this quintessential
question that every person must confront. It
looks at how we spend our daily existence
and asks if ‘just being’ is ever enough.
Nothing to be Done ponders whether life is
just an extended period of repetitive loitering
or if there’s something more…
The play follows two duos trapped in an
absurdist world: Lulu and Cece, Titisi and
Happy. Lulu and Cece, the main characters,
wait for a train that may never come.
As they wait the pair of reprobates play
word games, comically argue and try to
deal with the big questions surrounding
life, the universe and everything else
in-between.
All together, the foursome demonstrate the
absurdity of repetitive routines in human
behaviour in order to tackle existential
questions about life itself. All four characters
deal with the absurdity of humanity in
different ways – questioning, forgetting,
rebelling, revealing and accepting.
Nothing to be Done is Chaseplay Theatre
Company’s Waiting for Godot inspired piece
that explores the impact of reliving the same
day, day in and day out. Modern society
finds solace in routine, taking comfort in going
through the motions of daily life without
questioning what was experienced. Nothing
to be Done dares to question this notion and
illuminates the ‘Groundhog Day’ affliction.
How do we cope when there is nothing to
be done?
One hour of nothing.
Powerful, funny and poetic nothing – but
nothing all the same.
