Blacked-Out Blocks is a black satire that tells how creative ownership is gradually eroded through collaboration and market mechanisms. Novelist Philo, in the process of adapting her own work into a series, repeatedly clashes with her producer. Their conflicts over script dialogue, values, and power distribution unfold layer by layer. The play, through tense dialogue, a play-within-a-play structure, and constant reversals and breaking of the fourth wall, shows how resistance is absorbed, packaged, and eventually becomes part of the system. Created by the theatre group Nomereach, this work offers no exit, but invites the audience to confront an uncomfortable reality: even your resistance and anger may be used to sell the very thing you most oppose.
Credits
Ti Ti - Producer
Xinyu Lu - Writer
About this performance
Age guidance: This performance is recommended for ages 14+
Content warning: The piece contains emotionally charged content and moments of loud or sharp sound, which may not be suitable for younger audiences.
Interval: This performance does not have an interval.
Post show discussion: This performance has a 20 minute post show discussion.
Accessibility
This performance will have a visual story. Please contact producer@theatredeli.co.uk for more information.
See our Accessibility Guide for information about access in our venue.
Find out more about Nomereach Theatre
Nomereach Theatre is a London-based theatre collective led by Ti Ti and Xinyu Lu, working between London and China. The group brings together playwrights, composers, producers, and interdisciplinary artists to create work that examines structural issues and narrative mechanisms. Their productions span text-based theatre, puppetry, musicals, and cross-genre experiments, often engaging with themes of power, cultural dislocation, neurodiversity, and the relationship between media and spectatorship. Their style is cool-toned, satirical, and restrained—aiming not to resolve questions, but to open them through the language of theatre.
https://www.hopp.bio/nomereach-theatre
Instagram: @nomereach_theatre
SHIFT+SPACE
This performance is part of the SHIFT+SPACE programme
Theatre Deli’s SHIFT+SPACE programme is a free performance opportunity for artists to present their work that needs an audience to develop, where artists keep 100% of the Box Office!
Find out more about the SHIFT+SPACE programme here.
