Confined within a claustrophobic room, time wasters, thrill seekers and compulsive organisers while away the hours before dawn. Trapped within an endless cycle of cliff-hangers and tear stained farewells there are domestic dramas, mind games and uncomfortable showdowns. We're packing up our histories, disconnecting our minds from the mains. Prank calls are made, dens dismantled, doors slammed and time called at the bar we nicknamed 'Make Good Choices'. “An inventive, cool, original creation exploring expectation and endings, reality and fantasy” The Stage This Much I Know (Part One) is developed in association with Artsadmin, Bristol Old Vic and Prema Arts Centre.

Taking a magnifying glass to ‘the telephone game’, a concept originally touched on in This Much I Know (Part One), The Special Guests dial 9 for an outside line. Get ready for foul play and fair play in this slippery sport that divides the fibbers from the fools. Witness the colour drain as some dutifully follow instructions whilst others deliberately loosen the screws. Pick up for salesmen of ill repute, grubby home truths and the first light after the rain. Put down for prank calls, faultlines around dark hearts and the hollow promise of a spectacular finale. This durational performance is a collaboration between The Special Guests and sound artist Tom Bugs (www.bugbrand.co.uk). An Arnolfini We Live Here Commission funded by Arts Council England.

Our first show from 2002. Performed by Lucy Gibbs and Nina Wyllie. Why do mums disappear inside a bath tub, down the toilet or behind a washing line when the lights dim and the curtains open? Fake tans, fake films, fake tears. If you were going to kill your mum, how would you do it and why? Meat or two veg? Sink or swim? In a hastily staged, insincere, yet absolutely authentic performance, The Special Guests expose their mothers to an audience of strangers. Borrowing from cliche ridden scenarios and adopting the language of liars, two misfits in shoddy ballgowns push their reluctant mothers into the limelight.

The first show from The Special Guests, performed by Lucy and Nina

Filmed at the Edinburgh Fringe 2002 by Kate Taunton.

Trailer for our 2004 show Underneath All the Noise. Edited by Amy Feneck

The Special Guests: This Much I Know (Part Two) at Arnolfini's Inbetween Time, February 2006. Filmed by Nuno Coehlo