Playful show I PROMISE YOU THAT TONIGHT to play at Camden People’s Theatre

Photo credit: Hugo Glendinning

Rescheduled from 2020, playful show I Promise You That Tonight about the use of magic, deception and trickery, should provide some much-needed escapism at Camden People’s Theatre from 11-13 November.

I Promise You That Tonight …we will walk on broken glass as if it were sand beneath our feet and we will put our hands into fire but not leave a mark.

None of these things are impossible, but it’s ok to admit that they are hard.

Be wary of those who make extraordinary claims. Lying is done with words and with silences.

Tom Cassani’s obsession with magic and illusion has led him to explore how and why we believe the things we do. In I Promise You That Tonight, Cassani exorcises both the sceptic and the believer, switching between showman and charlatan, Cassani sets fire to our fickle sense of truth.

An impossible box, an exploding wineglass, a drowning man, sand becoming glass, that voice from below and a barefoot man on broken glass.

Some of these things are real and some of these things are fake but all of them are happening…tonight.

Risking actual injury from a stage covered in broken glass and fragmented truths, Cassani performs feats with real blowtorches, incantatory texts and sleight of hand to set fire to our fickle sense of truth.

Direction and dramaturgy come courtesy of multifaceted artist and director Peader Kirk and together, they have created an experience that smashes together a myriad of intriguing imagery and illusory text.

For more information and to book tickets, please click here.