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world premiere on 2 August 2012 at theTraverse Theatre,Edinburgh with original cast HarryMcEntire and Rosie Wyatt.  \n1  \nSoho Theatre is supported by Arts Council England.Registered Charity No:267234  \nnabokov is supported by Arts Council England.  \nCAST  \nThomas PicklesLizzy Watts  \nPhil PorterJoe MurphyHannah ClarkJack Knowles  \nIsobel Waller-BridgePaul Jellis and David LuffJosh RocheJoe Price  \n# CREATIVE &PRODUCTION TEAM\n\nWriterDirectorDesigner  \nLighting Designer  \nComposer and Sound DesignerProducers  \nAssociate DirectorTouring Stage Manager  \n# A WORD FROM THE WRITER\n\nThe basic story of Blinkpopped into my head one night a coupleof years ago.Normally,it takes me a long time to invent a storythat makes passable sense from beginning to end,but this oneappeared pretty much fully formed.In the weeks that followed,however,I became wary of my idea.When I told people thestory it sounded like a psychological thriller-a genre perhapsmore suited to a film or novel than a play (in theatre 'genre'itself can be a dirty word).And the story's suspenseful natureseemed ill-suited to the skew-whiffness that tends to pervademy work whether l like it or not.I filed the idea away in my headunder 'Ideas To Maybe Come Back To'.  \nA few months later I became a member of The Soho Six-agroup of six commissioned writers that meet up at The SohoTheatre every couple of weeks.For one of our early meetings weeach prepared a presentation addressing,among other things,what kind of theatre excited us most.I decided (never havingthought about it so directly before)that I was most excitedby small,detailed theatre about big,philosophical themes.Irealised that most of my favourite theatre is very silly and veryserious at the same time,daring to flirt with ridicule.I went backto the Blink idea.I began to think the apparent mismatch ofstory and style might actually become the play's strength andlead to something pleasingly semi-ridiculous.  \nIn the past,I've shied away from writing plays that requireactors to address the audience directly.It always seemed tooeasy a way of telling a story somehow.But as part of the SohoSix programme we were encouraged to look at the entireprogramme of the theatre,including as it does a great deal ofcomedy,cabaret and other types of live performance,and toallow ourselves to be influenced by that work.In particular,I'vebeen influenced by the brilliant Stewart Lee,whose comedyis a powerful testament to the potential complexity of directaddress.His ability to make an audience laugh at him forsneering at them for laughing at themselves for laughing ata joke that isn't even supposed to be funny is nothing if notcomplex.  \nSo here it is.A small,big,silly,serious,semi-ridiculous play.Ihope you like it.  \nPhil Porter  \nTHOMAS PICKLESJONAH  \nThomas trained at the Rose Bruford College of Theatreand Performance,graduating in 2012.His theatre creditsinclude:The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Mouseand his Child at the Royal 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