The Father Monologues All shows at the Westgate Chapel, High Street Lewes. Follow either http://www.thefathermonologues.com/page6.htm Or http://www.paddockproductions.org.uk and follow links to Westgate, Calendar and Maps.
Friday 30th November 8 pm Tickets £8 (£6) on the door or email mail@thefathermonologues.com or Call 01273 473562
Jonathan Brown presents The Father Monologues, Part 1 - Danny “90 minutes with the side of your Dad you never knew” (Nominated Best Male Performer Brighton Fringe 2007) “…beautifully performed and exquisitely written…. a huge writing and acting talent at work here - one of the stand-out nights of the 2007 Brighton Fringe.” Nick Stockman, Dev Officer, Brighton fringe Danny’s a young apathetic gambling lager-drinking chav dad expecting his second child. Fanny, his wife, wants to make this next one a home-birth and her new “Natural Active Childbirth” buddy, Heidi is having a heavy influence on her, which Danny hates. Danny’s under pressure to seek therapy, to understand his strange behaviour, but he’s resistant, to put it politely. His best mate Billy steps in, but not how Danny had hoped. Finally, he’s coerced to go… where no Dan has been before … with surprising and deeply moving results. “What an absolutely amazing performance. What talent!!! I’m quite mind-blown by the whole performance. How can one man do all of that!?” “…completely convincing …. a fine writer and actor, and these are funny, carefully observed character studies.” The Scotsman. Edinburgh Fringe 2006 The language is strong, suitable for 13’s and over, accompanied by an adult.
See either part, or both. Visit www.thefathermonologues.com for further information
Saturday 1st December 8 pm Tickets £8 (£6) on the door or email mail@thefathermonologues.com or Call 01273 473562
Jonathan Brown presents The Father Monologues, Part 2 “90 minutes with the side of your Dad you never knew” (Nominated Best Male Performer Brighton Fringe 2007) “…beautifully performed and exquisitely written…. a huge writing and acting talent at work here - one of the stand-out nights of the 2007 Brighton Fringe.” Nick Stockman, Dev Officer, Brighton fringe In Part 2 – Jenny: Find your borrowers card to join our next protagonist, a full-blooded librarian, playing family court judges and illiterate lovers to find honour and realistic literary heroes in a world gone large print and trash-romance mad. Dubious sanity, uncertain identity intertwine with wit, humour, rage… and love. “Mind-boggling Genius!! Funny, Touching.” Jenny’s a Brightonian 40-something librarian. Lacking much of a love life, she watches people use the library to enhance their fantasy love lives or develop their internet relationships. Then she meets young Billy, starts a physical relationship, and helps him with his “reading”. “A feast of good writing and classy acting.” But Jenny is … “unusual”, and is fighting a legal battle for access to her own child, Timothy. Despite being denied access, Jenny turns to her ability to shape-shift and falling youth library-attendance figures to engineer an innocent encounter with her son, to tell him what lies in her heart. The ingenious plan, that requires even more wit than even she had expected to employ, enables a veritable host of new and surprising relationships to open up for her. Not least… with herself. “Funny and deeply touching – I was completely riveted. Excellent! Best theatre show I have seen in years.” The language is strong, suitable for 13’s and over, accompanied by an adult. See either part, or both. Visit www.thefathermonologues.com for further information