War of the Worlds
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Featuring live video and projection
Four performers enter the stage and construct an epic road movie before our eyes.
In an apocalyptic tale of alien invasion and the destruction of the world as we know it, lines of Brits scrabble to flee across the channel while their cities and towns lie in smoldering ruins.
Using miniature environments and projection, imitating the dog create a thrilling, audacious and timely retelling of H.G. Wells’s classic novel.
Following their acclaimed adaptations of literary classics Heart of Darkness (2018), Dracula (2021), Macbeth (2023) and Frankenstein (2024), ‘multimedia daredevils’ (The Times) imitating the dog push their inventive storytelling to new heights.
Show Information
Dates
29 April 2026 – 2 May 2026Venue
The Arts Theatre CambridgeTickets
From £22.50
Running Time
2 hours (inc. interval)
Age Guidance
14+
Show Guidance
Performance contains flashing imagery and lighting effects, loud noises (sudden bangs and gunshots), smoke, descriptions and images of violence, strong language, themes of racism and anti-immigration and references to the threat of sexual violence.
Related Events
Post-Show Talk
Wed 29 Apr, 7.30pm
Accessible Performances
Captioned
Thu 30 Apr, 7.30pm
Sat 2 May, 2.30pm
Audio Described
Sat 2 May, 2.30pm
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Yorkshire TimesIf you want to know what theatre will be like in the future, go and see imitating the dog...
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The TimesMultimedia daredevils.
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The GuardianMulti-platform theatre-makers of rare ambition and invention.
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Northern Arts ReviewA bold theatrical experience.
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