Scaramouche Jones

Presented by Guy Masterson TTI in association with Passion Pit Theatre · UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND

Assembly Rooms · Bijou

6 - 30 Aug

90 min · Age TWELVE

100% available

24 performances tracked

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About the show

Centenarian clown Scaramouche's odyssey through crumbling empires, comic misadventures, the 20th century's darkest episodes, the loves, brutalities, ecstasies and tragedies beneath his seven white masks. A poetic, profoundly moving voyage unfolds, an enchanting virtuoso performance with haunting, evocative designs conjuring a world of indelible images, a glorious tale sumptuously told. Writer-performer, Justin Butcher, is directed by Olivier winner, Guy Masterson (The Shark Is Broken) 25th anniversary season. ‘A masterpiece of solo magic realism' (BritishTheatreGuide.info). Offie winner Best Actor Award, 2022. 'Mesmerising' (Guardian). 'Fascinating, poignant, funny... Storytelling at its best' (Times). ‘Unique, stunning... a new kind of theatre' (Metro).

Keywords

Epic Poetic Haunting Profound Melancholic Theatrical Virtuosic Surreal Intense Historical

In the same orbit as

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' staged as a virtuoso solo playLike watching a Tim Burton film where the main character is a philosophical clownIf 'Forrest Gump' was a poetic, tragic clown recounting the 20th century's shadows