FROMEDRAMA say their Zoom-produced thriller brought praise and accolades galore when released in January of this year.
The group report, “It was also featured on BBC Points West and this can be seen on FromeDrama’s website. Now back by popular demand, Terminus will be available to the public from 22nd January to 1st March.
“What is it about? A confused older woman reads a letter from her son. On the platform at Diss station a married woman waits to meet her lover off the 9.30 from Liverpool Street. At Norwich terminus, a surprisingly posh ice-cream vendor talks to a schoolgirl and looks forward to greeting an old friend off the same train. The driver makes a series of increasingly odd announcements over the public address system.
“On the train a female executive edits a keynote speech; a disturbed and aggressive man rehearses meeting up with his girlfriend; a bored child whinges to her father about her younger brother; an affable man chats up the woman sitting opposite him; an American student gossips with a friend on her mobile phone; a young man is on-line to the girlfriend in Norwich he met on the internet.
“The audience is faced with a number of puzzles. Who are these people, both seen and unseen? What exactly is happening on that train? What is it that binds them together?
“A number of key ‘reveals’ help the audience join the dots between the characters.
Some feedback from the first screening…
“It was a powerful show, and you collectively exploited the difficulties and singularities of a Zoom-based production brilliantly. The tension was admirable, the characters fascinating, and the writing genuinely gripping. It must have been a massive task to rehearse and put together. I’m full of admiration.”
“Blimey! It’s fantastic. I thought it was so clever how the characters were overlaid and how the monologues bled into each other. The rising dread was so well handled. I especially liked the more sinister/unhinged characters (though that might say more about me than the production)!”
“We’ve just finished watching Terminus. We really enjoyed it, so clever, everything, the script, the artwork, and the cast, excellent!”
To watch Terminus go to Eventbrite https://terminus2.eventbrite.co.uk and buy a ticket ready to watch when you want to between 22nd February and 1st March.