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Winner: Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize 2009
The Guardian ‘Pick of the Fringe’ for “turning anxiety into an art-form”.
Shortlisted: Total Theatre Award 2009

If That’s All There Is was the a sell out hit at the Traverse Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival 09.

A couple are teetering on the brink of marriage. As the happiest day of their lives approaches, the panic begins to rise. And everyone’s watching.

Through the eyes of a jaded therapist and an awkward teenage girl we witness a case study of longing, envy, disappointment and violent urges, examining our obsession with seeking fulfilment at any cost.

For anyone who’s ever wanted to stand on a windswept plain, howling for lost love…

Inspired by the Peggy Lee version of the bittersweet existential song 'Is That All There Is?' by Lieber and Stoller, If That’s All There Is uses a bold visual style and absurd humour to explore the great effort we invest in seeking fulfilment.

Inspector Sands’ first production, the multi-award winning Hysteria, was a dissection of ordinary lives in the modern age of anxiety.  If That’s All There Is continues their interest in the 21st century mindset, offering a mini-epic of longing, envy, disappointment and psychobabble which examines our obsession with feeling happy at any cost.

"the terrific thing about this show is that it works on many levels and always underpins the comedy with real emotion… brilliant, slippery… deliciously sharp and witty"
The Guardian

"If That's All There Is remains the kind of theatrical experience difficult to adequately describe… If you've time in the bustle of the Fringe to fit in one more show, If That All There Is may be the one that fits best"
Edinburgh Guide

"The excellent Inspector Sands… a wickedly funny and reassuringly well-honed piece in which situation comedy veers from everyday banality to surreal imaginings"
The Herald

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