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presented by Chris Brett Bailey
Duration: 70mins (no interval) | Musician Cast: George Percy, Alicia Jane Turner, Christopher Brett Bailey and Apollo |
Recommended Age: 16+ |
A motor-mouthed collage of spoken word and storytelling. Tales of paranoia, young love and ultra-violence. From the desk of Christopher Brett Bailey comes a spiraling odyssey of pitch-black humour and nightmarish prose.
With echoes of Lenny Bruce, William Burroughs, beat poetry and B-movies, THIS IS HOW WE DIE is a prime slice of surrealist trash, an Americana death trip and a dizzying exorcism for a world convinced it is dying…
From the first moment, Bailey grabs hold of the audience with a firm grip and does not let go. ★★★★★ Literature Without Borders
Sit down, strap in, shut up and listen. ★★★★ TV Bomb
“An absurd road movie of the soul cut with a razor wit and bubbling paranoia.” ★★★★ The Guardian
“Blisteringly brilliant.” ★★★★ The Scotsman
“If gonzo journalism ever needed a news anchor, this would be the guy.” ★★★★★ Exeunt
“A visceral, world-burning piece of theatre….a brutal, vital, incredible show.” Total Theatre
Winner of the Arches Brick Award 2014
Dramaturg: Anne Rieger
Lighting Design: Sherry Coenen
Production Manager: Alex Fernandes
Producer: Beckie Darlington
An Ovalhouse commission, made with support from the Basement, Cambridge Junction and Norwich Arts Centre under East by South East. Supported by Arts Council England.