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Following a phenomenal response from audiences and critics at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year, the debut solo show from UK All Star Poetry Slam champion Ben Norris will visit the Sherman Cymru in Cardiff as part of a 20 date tour of England a |
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE FAMILYSHERMAN THEATRE | 30 SEPT - 1 OCT | 7.30pm Senghennydd Rd, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF24 4YE ‘Everyone’s dad exists as a kind of statue, frozen in a certain pose. Mine is wearing his cream and black mac, standing in the rain watching football or cross country...it doesn't matter which: it was muddy, and he was there.’ Ben's dad was born in London and only ever moved north, always loosely in line with the M1! So over six days in summer 2014, Ben hitchhiked south along the famous motorway frois birthplace in Nottingham to his father’s birthplace in Brixton, moving backwards in time through his father’s life as he went, stopping everywhere his dad had ever lived. Using footage recorded on the journey, bespoke animation and his own words, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Family takes the audience on a warts-and-all journey through modern Britain and Ben's own family history as he attempts to better know Ray Norris; ever present and quietly supportive, but emotionally unavailable and a perpetual mystery. Like so many fathers. Of the UK tour, Ben says I’m thrilled to be taking this show all over the country. In the wake of the EU referendum result, it’s clear that we live in an age of deep generational divisions. Feeling distant from your parents is increasingly - and sadly - a universal experience. This show is my attempt to explore how we might bridge the impassable gap many of us feel from the ones we love.’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Family beat off stiff competition from over 200 applicants to win the last ever IdeasTap Underbelly award in 2015. The award was set up to provide a platform for the UK’s most exceptional and innovative theatre makers at the Edinburgh Fringe. |
| HHGTTF press release web site: thehitchhikersguidetothefamily.com |
| Oscar French e-mail: olfrench90@gmail.com |
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 |
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