May 2017
Down the Rabbit Hole presents A Playmate Production based on the BBC production Talking Heads by Alan Bennett
Directed by Annalisa Rossi
The playwright Alan Bennett is one of the brightest intellects of contemporary British writing with credits such as Beyond the Fringe, The Lady in the Van (2015, starring Maggie Smith), The History Boys and The Madness of George III.
His series of monologues Talking Heads is one of the BBC’s most iconic and hilarious cult tv classics and social realism at its grimly humorous best. The texts are as relevant today as when Bennett first wrote these monologues for television in the 1980’s and 90’s, and they arguably represent his finest writing ever.
Three seasoned Malmö-based British actors have now put their heads together to adapt three of these Alan Bennett monologues for the stage.
Poignant, side-splitting, these witty confessions of oh-so-human wannabes and yearning, will have you laughing out loud as you wipe a tear away.
Music by Claudio Rosati Photography by Diego Monsivais
The play lasts 1hr 30 minutes. A Teaching Pack about the play Talking Heads for highschool/ university students of drama/ literature is available.
Check out the trailer on YouTube.
CAST
Vanessa Poole – Lesley, the has-been starlet cast in bikini B-movies of the shadier sort.
Kevin Benn – Alec, the faded antiques dealer who despite his best intentions misses the deal of a lifetime.
Robin Gott – Graham, the closeted Mummy’s boy, in his plastic mac and sandals.
Performances in Copenhagen
Thursday 27 April at 19:00
Friday 28 April at 19:00
Saturday 29 April at 19:00
Tickets can be purchased through Place2Book.
Ticket enquiries/info: tickets@rabbithole.dk.
Venue
HUSET-KBH
Rådhusstræde 13 1466
Copenhagen
Tlf: +45 21 51 21 51
info@huset-kbh.dk