A Song & DanceÂ
THU 3rd DEC | Full £8 | Conc £5 | AGE 16+Â
Action Hero are definitely not making a scene.
Lost inside a recurring nightmare, a reluctant actor returns to the stage. In an attempt to conquer an 8-year period of intense stage fright – and inside a dream-world inhabited by the phantoms of his disapproving ancestors – he is replaying his own autobiography and starting to lose the plot.
But he’s not gonna make a big song and dance about it. Instead, he’s determined to keep the show on the road, re-writing his anxiety dreams live on stage in the hope of banishing the ghosts of performances past.
A Song and Dance is an absurdist nightmare of a performance about masking, performing and ‘acting the part.’
“thrillingly funny and strange…Beckett’s hip, pop-culture savvy descendants”
Time Out London on previous work, The TalentÂ
“have never seen a show from these artists that didn’t make you sit-up a little straighter and want to peer a little more closely.”
Lyn Gardner, Stagedoor.Content to Consider: Grief and loss | Memory and nostalgia | Reflections on ageing | Loneliness and isolation | Mortality and the passing of time | Personal storytelling and autobiography | Emotional discussions of relationships and family | Audience participation or direct audience address | Sentimental material balanced with humour | Themes of hope and resilience | References to popular music and shared cultural memories | Exploration of everyday life and ordinary human experiences.