Eddie King's Tour of the Lost Souls
A closed theatre, an empty space and one very deranged tour guide....With a set of stolen keys in his pocket and a Gin habit to maintain Eddie King would like to invite you to his once in a life-time tour of lost souls at the Tobacco Factory. Your guide is a liar, a cheat and addicted to cheap speed & even cheaper thrills; so if you're brave enough let Eddie lead you around his weird and wonderful world of washed up comics, stage struck actors, serial daters, unrepentant smokers and the clinically insane.
Eddie King's Non-Refundable Tour of the Lost Souls is a unique event by darkstuff Productions using the whole of the Tobacco Factory Theatre building as a performance space for six new monologues by Joanne Lancastle, Phil John, Matt Grinter, Jasper Larsen, Dom Rowe & Simon Harvey - Williams. The event is directed by Sam Berger, artistic director of Plain Clothes Theatre Productions.
"cleverly crafted"
"elegant"
"a tour de force"
Venue
Remedy
You are invited to come and experience the strange and wonderful world between reality and sleep, where dreams are stored, stolen, explored and broken. Here you will find a myriad of characters trapped within this netherworld, all wending their way till morning comes again. A showcase of juggling, acrobatics and aerial performance work are woven together with surreal and evocative writing to create a visually stunning emotionally charged physical theatrical event.darkstuff Productions worked with the talented performers of Circomedia to devise a narrative and script for this stunning performance work.
"great circus skills and interesting story, loved the theatrical qualities and great use of the space. Well worth it."
Crackerjack
The Outsider
The outsider of the title is Meursault, a man emotionally isolated from the world around him. His detachment is challenged when he meets two people, one of whom offers him the new sensation of companionship, and the other the equally unfamiliar opportunity for love.Camus’ extraordinary style is powerfully transposed into rich, intense drama by the finest acting and directorial talent around, along with a especially composed soundtrack. In the stifling heat of the Algerian sun, Meursault finds himself caught up in a series of events which result in his arrest for a brutal murder. While awaiting his trial he begins to engage with the fundamental questions of his existence for the first time. What is the purpose of God? What is man’s duty to society? And what happens when the rules of society are broken?
"passionately intense and creatively rewarding"
BBC
November Echo
In conjunction with the BBC and the BRISTOL OLD VIC.A collaboration between two writers – Jasper Larsen and Phil John with BBC director Dee Ryding commissioned for the Bristol Old Vic.
August 1990
Lindsay Barker is 23...a journalist.
7 hours ago Lindsay Barker was eating a dodgy falafel in Athens airport, 7 hours ago...
A lot can change in 7 hours.
Like being locked in a room in Kuwait City on the eve of the invasion by Iraq.
She likes to think she’s in control of her life but the door won’t open.
And she’s not alone...