The Self Trilogy
T0373416498
The Self Trilogy records the journey of a life, from wild optimism through the wilderness and into the unknown. Catch each of the trilogy on separate nights, or all three together on Sat 14 Sep at 6pm (please note that The Middle Bit is not suitable for under-16s).
Archive :: production:T0373416498, play:S2144041505, venue:V857
10 Ways to Die on Stage/The Middle Bit/Who Knows Where
10 Ways to Die on Stage - Welcome to the world of Edward Rapley, a landscape replete with balloons and paddling pools, childhood memories and adult loss; a synthesis of stand-up, storytelling, dance, live art and clowning.
10 Ways to Die on Stage brings one man's life, full of all his idiosyncrasies and frailties, into bewildering detail, switching from joyous abandonment to moments of tender beauty, as the audience are brought, for their own benefit, to witness an act of good-humoured self-dissection. Ed Rapley commands the stage and the space around him with such a delicate attention to detail that you cannot help but be drawn in to his world. He takes you gently by the hand and brings you to a place we all know but rarely speak about. He brings you there with an ache in the heart, a pain in the head and a little spark of hope.
The Middle Bit -
"Have you ever felt like you just can't be bothered?" In this funny and thoughtful show, Edward attempts to overcome his lazy demons, and fails. Full of humour and pathos, stupidity and comic timing, this one-man show is unlike anything else.
Who Knows Where - Everything Edward knows about death, and a few things about life, this final show in the trilogy is a collection of material revealed in an improvised order, ranging from folk songs to Bukowski, his body's atoms to precognitive dreams. Studio. Bristol Ferment
