Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Undersigned (Edinburgh 2025)
A psychological thriller for an audience of one
Undersigned is a psychological thriller for an audience of one. For those sufficiently curious, courageous, or otherwise inclined to be such a "one," award-winning Experience-Maker Yannick Trapman-O'Brien (The Telelibrary, Fair Trade) is once again releasing a limited number of public slots for a decidedly unconventional production. Depending on your choices, your experience will last between 30-50 minutes. Your participation will involve an invocation, a blindfold, and a pointed discussion. The topics of this discussion will vary based on your input, and may include but are not limited to Money, Power, Sex, Pleasure, Violence, Blood, Body Horror, Moral Horror, Economic Horror, Wild Conjecture, and the Occult. You are invited to entertain or dismiss any topic of discussion that arises, or may request in advance that a topic be off limits. Rather than purchasing a ticket, participants are asked to make a "Down Payment;" this is done in acknowledgement that getting a reservation for this experience is a risk. This risk is in part your money ($60 is certainly not nothing). It’s also your time (50 minutes is not nothing, let alone how long it takes to get to BROOKYLN). Finally, this risk is also your participation; you will be taking a distinctly active role in your invocation, and you stand to gain as much as you are willing to venture. While Management certainly supports the business of risky business, in recognition of the gamble you are taking, the Management of the Undersigned will join you in risk: at the venue, there will be an envelope with your name on it containing a third of the cost of your Down Payment, in cash. When your experience is complete, should you feel you got more than you bargained, you will have the option of adding money to it. Should you feel otherwise, you will have the option of taking money out, and walking away. The Management of Undersigned bets that you won't. Reservations are limited to 1 per purchaser; return visits are not permitted. This experience is decidedly in-person, and proof of vaccination will be required.
Audience Role
You have made an appointment to perform a summoning - an attendant will provide you assistance, but you must complete this act yourself.
Ages: 18 +
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About Yannick Trapman-O'Brien
Yannick Trapman-O’Brien is a Performer, Theatermaker, and Creative Hand for Hire. His practice centers on exploring the exchanges and spaces we are willing to make and share with strangers, as well as seeking unorthodox applications for performance. People pay him to act, which he has done in Shakespeare, devised work, performance actions and immersive works, as well as amphitheaters, basements, historical mansions, forests and one time on a bike. Past credits include The Walnut Street Theater, Theater Mitu, Witness Relocation, the Interactive Playlab, The American Czech Theater, New Light Theater, and performances at the Franklin Institute, Morris Jumel and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museums. He is an alumni of NYU Abu Dhabi (Theater, BA) and an ongoing collaborator with Monument Lab, Al-Bustan, Guerilla Science, and NYU Open Arts. He is also the creator of The Telelibrary, a critically acclaimed, ongoing telephone performance for audiences of one. Occasionally, he sleeps.