Most Wanted in association
with LittleMighty present
Life by The Throat
Washington Arts Centre
Thursday 12
October 2017
Written and performed by Eve
Steele
Directed by Ed Jones
Award-winning
writer-performer and former Coronation Street star Eve Steele performs one
man’s life from birth to death in this gritty, true-to-life performance
exploring class, gender and living life on society’s margins.
“Honest and deeply
affecting…”★★★★
The Scotsman on Life by the Throat
The remarkable life of Jamie
Joseph Patrick Keogh is channelled in this one-woman show inspired by
interviews with and acting as a celebration of men who have been involved with
drugs, been through the criminal justice system and had to cope with adversity.
Born into poverty and
madness, Jamie is a force to be reckoned with. He survives on wit, laughter and
ingenious schemes. Whether it's sprinting on sports day, chasing oblivion or
running away from cops, it seems to be only a matter of time for him before a
crash comes.
In an age when masculinity is
in crisis, this is both a show about it means to be a man from a broken
background and what it means to be a woman who has loved a man like that. The
show celebrates the ingenuity of the thief and the chancer – the bad boy – but
also reaches out to him with love, compassion and understanding, aims to give
colourful insight into the
lives of those living on the edge in society.
Director Ed Jones said: “We
wanted to make grit sparkle. We wanted to tell a story that is not usually
told. That the people denigrated in the popular press as crooks and rogues,
people written off and la-beled, are often the most fabulous, ingenious, funny
and long suffering among us – more than capable, given the right circumstances,
of out-shining anyone. Subject matter like this is often dark and gloomy and we
wanted to give it shine, warmth and humour – as much as anything because in
reality it’s most often like that.
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“Also, as some of the show is
based on Eve’s own experiences with men - some of them dark and frightening –
she wanted to put herself in their shoes to see what makes them tick. At the
same time the show is an exploration of some of the darker forces at work in
society: prisons, borstal, addiction. In physical terms the show is a
spectacle, a feat of acting, pure theatre, no props, no set, one woman on stage
performing at full stretch, creating a whole life before your very eyes – the
element of magic. Non naturalism, a physical feat, two shows in one: the play
and the spectacle.”
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Running time: 70 mins approx
Age restriction: 14+
Trailer:
https://vimeo.com/175435056
Tickets:
Life by the Throat comes to
Arts Centre Washington on Thursday 12 October. Tickets are from £6 and can be booked by
visiting www.artscentrewashington.co.uk
or calling 0191 561 3455.
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