Geoff Sobelle &
Charlotte Ford (USA)
Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl
London Premiere
Barbican Pit >
Wed 19 > Sat 29 Jan 7.45pm
(not 23 Jan)
Meet the Artists: Thu 20 Jan
BSL interpreted perf: Fri 28 Jan
Runs 65 mins / no interval
Book online>
£16
Tel: 0845 121 6839
'An unerring delight from start to finish'. ****
Daily Telegraph
‘If the performances are beautifully physically detailed, the stage craft is every bit as good. I succumbed to the theatrical magic of it all. Makes you laugh first, wince second and think long afterwards’.
The Times
‘As a piece of theatre this is clever and spectacular, and brilliantly executed. As social commentary it is even better than that’.
The Scotsman
‘Hilarious and ultimately poignant, a work of genius'.
Daily Mirror
view the video from their recent
Edinburgh Fringe Festival season >
Conceived and performed by Geoff Sobelle and Charlotte Ford
Urban civilisation on the brink of destruction - time to shuffle post-it notes and count the paper clips.
Convenience food firm middle manager Jerry pops out of a wheelie bin, dressed for a day at the office with colleague Rhoda, and more pointless routine. But as tropical plants burst out of filing cabinets and wild animals take over the work place, what starts as a parody of office politics and consumerism becomes a dark ecological satire. Mankind has lost the plot and the food chain is about to change.
Winner of a Fringe First Award at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this hugely entertaining, largely wordless show has its roots in generations of silent comedians from Jacques Tati to Mr Bean. You may never eat fast food again.
Geoff Sobelle returns to the Festival for the first time since his acclaimed All Wear Bowlers with Trey Lyford at LIMF/bite07.
12 years +
Geoff Sobelle & Charlotte Ford workshop:
Sat 22 Jan 10am > 1pm. more >
Presented in association with the Barbican
Co-production: Barrow Street Theatre New York, Burnt Umber Productions, Jean Doumanian Productions
Flesh and Blood and Fish and Fowl was funded by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative
photos:Jacques-Jean Tiziou
