Bike Shed Theatre: This is How We Die
A virtuosic and visceral spoken word performance, presented as a collage of motor-mouthed storytelling, black humour, and nightmarish prose.
Written and performed by Christopher Brett Bailey
National Tour 26 March – 23 June
'An absurd road movie of the soul cut with a razor wit and bubbling paranoia'
★★★★ The Guardian
'Blisteringly brilliant…staggeringly eloquent'
★★★★ The Scotsman
★★★★★ Exeunt
Winner of the Arches Brick Award 2014 & Winner of an Off West End Theatre Award 2015
An Americana death trip and a B-Movie for the mind’s eye
Following sell out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and at Battersea Arts Centre last year, Christopher Brett Bailey - author of 'punk-opera' The Inconsiderate Aberrations of Billy the Kid and performer with Made In China - brings his award-winning debut solo show back to London and out on a national tour. A savage, surreal, and apocalyptic blend of spoken word, storytelling, caustic humour and gutter philosophy with echoes of Lenny Bruce, William Burroughs, beat poetry and B-movies.
Filled with tales of paranoia and young love, ultra-violence and pitch-black humour, THIS IS HOW WE DIE is a spiralling odyssey of nightmarish imagery. A prime slice of surrealist trash and a blood-soaked love letter to the depraved, the depressed and the death-obsessed.
Christopher is joined by live musicians for an emotionally charged, unexpected finale of haunting violins and thunderous noise-rock, culminating in an ensemble attack on the senses, both delicate and primal.
Christopher is a performer, theatre-maker and musician. As an associate artist of Made In China he has toured nationally and internationally. He has also worked with BBC Radio 4, Unicorn Theatre and collaborated with artists such as Andy Field, Mamoru Iriguchi, Glen Neath & Hannah Ringham, and the late great Ken Campbell. The Inconsiderate Aberrations of Billy the Kid received a ThreeWeeks Editor’s Choice Award and a cover feature in the Guardian’s G2 Magazine. Christopher is also one half of ambient music duo Moon Ate the Dark, touring nationally and internationally with their broken chords, circular melodies, and lo-fi electronics.
This is How We Die is on stage at Exeter's Bike Shed Theatre from 31 March until 4 April.
Tickets are £10 / £8 conc. (£5 first night), avaialble from www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk
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