Mon 15 Mar
STUART SILVER: YOU LOOK LIKE ANTS
+ Nathan Penlington: Uri & Me
The Courtyard Theatre | £9 adv, £11 door | 8pm
Taking equal inspiration from the epic, peeping-god photography of Andreas Gursky and the freehand outsider-art of David Shrigley, Stuart Silver presents his new ‘big picture show’ You Look Like Ants. Join Stuart and his rabbit on a round-about journey to K2, the world’s second highest peak. Because a hairdresser told him to go there to get some perspective on everything.
In a night of existential theatre-of-the-perturbed, what shouldn’t mean much takes on enormous significance. When did the heroes of our childhood become such easy targets? What happens when we live isolated and anonymous lives, linked only through embarrassment or blame? When everyone is a victim: celebrities, ordinaries, the people who believe in God, and the ones who don’t…
In his signature conversational monologue style, Stuart tries to get to the bottom of these questions and figure out how to leave a mark on life. With incidental ukulele when you least expect it. And when you expect it.
A broad gaze on humanity and a window on one individual’s personal distractions. With incidental ukulele when you least expect it. And when you expect it.
Stuart Silver is a writer and performer who works across theatre and gallery venues, public venues, television, radio, written work and in educational contexts. He is the co-founder of (nobleandsilver), the Perrier award winning multimedia, comic performance group. His live work has seen him appear at Latitude Festival, Summer Sundae, Battersea Arts Centre, the Barbican, The Soho Theatre and BBC Electric Proms. Stuart has stared onscreen in The Mighty Boosh, Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place and the (nobleandsilver) Channel 4 Special.
Following the huge success of the Inspired by Uri range of collectables, poet-magician Nathan Penlington presents a brand new show about the man who became an international superstar through his ability to bend spoons with the aid of his mind. Uri and Me looks behind the cultural icon that we all know and love, to reveal the subtle, complex, and caring nature that has created a boardgame, a folding bike, a range of porcelain plates, over fourteen books, a line of jewellery produced exclusively for QVC, a collection of psychically energised teddy bears, and a pop album.
If you’ve never wondered what Uri has been up to since 1971, then this isn’t the show for you.
You Look Like Ants is funded by Arts Council England
“the greatest and the only Avante Garde theater/comedy/visual art act in the business.”
—The Guardian on (nobleandsilver)
“damn near indescribable, a radical and sublime achievement. I was crying with laughter. All I can say is if traditional comedy bores you, go and see this. It’s wonderful.”
—The Observer on Stuart Silver
“A natural performer, witty, inventive, stylish and original”
—Robert Newman on Nathan Penlington
“The best qualified performance poet in the country”
—BBC Radio 3, The Verb on Nathan Penlington
www.astuartsilver.com
www.myspace.com/nathanpenlington
Stuart Silver on Astronomy:
Nathan Penlington pays tribute to Uri Geller by performing his famous blindfold drive on a converted mobility scooter:
