Still No Idea

Best mates Lisa and Rachael are making a new show almost a decade after they created their first piece together.

Back then, they had no idea where to start so they went onto the streets and asked the public. What story should they tell? What characters should they play? When they saw Lisa in a wheelchair and Rachael not, what the public said was funny, jaw-dropping and ultimately heartbreaking. They made a show about it. It was called ​No Idea.​

Now people say the world has changed and things are looking up. There are more disabled people in the mainstream media, Lisa landed a big part on ​​TV and disabled mates are getting regular auditions – happy days. So what kind of exciting stories are the TV professionals dreaming up for them?

Still No Idea is the whole story (so far): the British public, the professional writers, the TV execs. Part verbatim theatre, part improv, part comedy sketch show, this is a raucous and mischievous exposé of good intentions gone bad and how sometimes no matter how hard we try, we still have absolutely no idea.

Still No Idea premiered in a UK tour from September to October 2018 – Artsdepot, London (22 Sep); New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich (24 and 25 Sep); Brighton Dome, Brighton (28 and 29 Sep); ARC Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees (3 Oct); Hull Truck Theatre, Hull (4- 6 Oct); Dartington Hall Trust, Devon (19 and 20 Oct); Birmingham Rep, Birmingham (23 - 27 Oct) – and finished with a three-week run at Royal Court Theatre in London (31 Oct - 17 Nov).

Lisa and Rachael have now formed a theatre company called Bunny.

Written by Lisa Hammond, Rachael Spence and Lee Simpson
Directed by Lee Simpson
Designed by Ben Stones
Lighting by Colin Grenfell
Photography by Camilla Greenwell

Performed by Lisa Hammond and Rachael Spence