Date
15 - 25 August
Time
2:55 pm
Venue
Underbelly Bristo Square
suitability
Age 12+ (Guideline)
Tickets from
£11.00
Theatre
MAN: A One-Woman Show
A gangster dad, Hells Angels and a childhood stalker.
Inspired by a Hungarian gangster dad, a Sunday school mother, teenage years with Hell's Angels, Emma Taylor (NewsRevue producer) takes us on an unforgettable ride. 'Gorgeously gritty, steeped in remarkable personal experience' (Martin Malcolm, playwright). Made with Russell Lucas (A Night Without Kate Bush).
Emma’s childhood seemed normal to her. Inspired by true events and real people re-imagined for MAN, Emma Taylor, (NewsRevue producer) fka Joanne Németh, wanted to create a thought provoking piece highlighting the effects of growing up in a milieu with the mantra ‘serve the man’ at its core. This is not a trauma log and there is no malice. Often surreal, often funny, MAN is ultimately a universal piece about human nature, given that everyone has at least a splinter of trauma in their background, humans are not automatically monsters; we are all flawed and imperfect.
Taylor wanted to make MAN with with Russell Lucas (A Night Without Kate Bush, Tapeface) having been directed by him in the UK premiere of Tennessee Williams’s The Fat Man’s Wife (Taylor is a near perfect Vera, Michael Coveney) and The Understudy by Theresa Rebeck. Lucas keeps Emma and the audience on their toes. Movement plays an integral part in MAN and much of the physicality has been crafted with the input from physicality coach Fin Walker (Four Quartets, Ralph Fiennes)
Presented By
Canal Cafe Theatre and Emma Taylor
Duration
60 minutes
Advice
Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of violence, Strong language/swearing
Price
Tickets from
£11.00
Accessibility
Solo Show. New writing
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