GAME OF LIFE is a new play being developed by Rose Lewenstein - a playwright with a background in contemporary performance, and Russell Bender - a theatre director with a background in science and software design. It is being performed from 5th-22nd September at The Yard, Hackney Wick

An old man burns what's left of his past.  A woman tips her husband's ashes into the sea.  A young couple watch fireflies flash in sync. 
In a chaotic mess of physical and virtual collisions, Isabel sets out to understand the relationship between thoughts and feelings and life and death.

Enter into a world of interacting rules and patterns, where city lights and constellations blink on and off like neurons firing in the brain.  Game of life weaves a web of stories that discover the ripple effect we have on those around us and the patterns in life that are only visible when we zoom out.  Through the millions of tiny choices we make in our search for meaning, a curious spontaneous order emerges...

GAME OF LIFE is inspired by the mathematical phenomenon of 'emergence' - the collective intelligence of ungoverned swarms.  From the individual cells in our brains, to the cities we live in, to the vast communities we form online, emergence is a driving force in our lives.

"a well-researched, cleverly constructed and superbly acted out piece... a rather innovative and magical piece of theatre"
***** One stop arts

"...It’s a remarkable piece of scripting. ‘Game of Life’ is played at a whirlwind pace and has some really meaty moments – explosive emotional crescendos... you really have no excuse to not go and see this superb new play at one of London’s quirkiest fringe venues."
-The Londoneer

"A brilliantly constructed and performed piece of theatre"
**** - Exeunt Magazine

"...an exceptional script... weaves together complex and intricate ideas about mathematics, free will, autism, God and what it means to struggle with our feelings."
- The London Word

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