Following the critically acclaimed stagings of Dennis Kelly’s Love and Money in 2013, Simon Stephens’s Pornography in 2012 and Caryl Churchill’s Serious Money in 2011, Waking Exploits return with a Welsh tour of Gary Owen’s debut play, Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco, opening at Chapter in Cardiff on 17 September. Saturday night in a small Welsh town. Testosterone, booze and drug-fuelled messiness. Standard. The lives of a school bully turned territorial hard man, a geek yearning to escape and a would-be karaoke king play out in a tale of lust, violence, revenge and the quest for the perfect girl. A razor sharp portrait of masculinity in crisis, Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco is by turns desolate and life-affirming, heart-breaking and hilarious, everyday and remarkable. Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco was Gary Owen’s 2001 breakthrough play and established him as “Welsh theatre’s blazing new talent” (The Guardian). Gary comments: “It will be brilliant, but slightly weird, to see this play being done in Chapter again. It's been done loads - every year there are a couple of productions somewhere in the world - but seeing the play that started my career, at the venue where it was first produced, is going to be a huge pleasure. And slightly unsettling.” Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco will be directed by former National Theatre Wales Creative Associate (2011-13) and Camden People’s Theatre Artistic Director (2006-2011), Matt Ball and the cast comprises Jordan Bernarde, Gwydion Rhys and Sion Pritchard. Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco opens at Chapter in Cardiff on 17 September before commencing a two week tour of Wales. For more information please visit www.wakingexploits.co.uk Gary Owen - Writer Gary Owen is a Welsh playwright and screenwriter who won both the George Devine Award and the Meyer Whitworth Award for The Shadow of a Boy. Gary's plays include Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco, The Shadow of a Boy, The Drowned World and Ghost City. Most recently he's written Perfect Match, a comedy for Watford Palace Theatre where he is a creative associate. 

His plays have also won the Pearson Best Play Award and a Fringe First at Edinburgh. He's currently writing new plays for the National Theatre of Scotland, National Theatre Wales, Sherman Cymru, Theatr Clwyd and the Royal Court. With Helen Raynor, Gary was co-creator and writer of the BBC Wales TV series Baker Boys. Matt Ball - Director Matt Ball is a theatre maker based in Cardiff, and was Creative Associate at National Theatre Wales from 2011-13, where he set up WalesLab, a national artist development initiative. Before joining NTW, he was Artistic Director of Camden People’s Theatre (2006-2011). As a director his work includes Roy’s Wallet, Icarus 2.0 (nominated for a Stage Award and a Total Theatre Award), Ariadne, Point & Shoot and most recently Tracy Harris’ Lost. Found. Stolen. He is currently directing his first short film and future projects include directing Light is like… (NTW WalesLab) and Bottled (Experimentica). |
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