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Monkey Bars Chris Goode

Monkey Bars By Chris Goode

Monkey Bars by Chris Goode


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Summary

A unique, award-winning verbatim play developed out of conversations with over forty children aged between seven and ten. These candid conversations focus on moments of transition and change; on being scared, getting lost, being brave, growing up; and on their perspective on the adult world that surrounds and awaits them.

Monkey Bars Summary

Monkey Bars by Chris Goode

'When you're a child you don't really think... cos you like to live like a child. Doesn't really seem you're just going to be an adult. Like time flies by and you just want... to, like, stay as a child, but you just enjoy things, the way it goes.' Award-winning writer Chris Goode teamed up with Karl James (The Dialogue Project) to ask thirty 8-10 year olds to talk about their lives, their thoughts, their world. In Monkey Bars their words are spoken by adults. Not adults playing children, but adults playing adults, in adult situations. Monkey Bars is a revelatory verbatim show that is funny, touching and endlessly surprising. Winner of a 2012 Fringe First Award.

Monkey Bars Reviews

Excellent - Occasionally moving and somewhat satirical - sweet and funny.' - Time out 'Delightfully surreal - highly entertaining - Hilarious and poignant by turns' - Telegraph 'A funny, touching, diffuse look at The Big Questions... crisply perfect... It moves you. It makes you think. It makes you laugh and it makes you well up more than once.' - What's on Stage 'beautifully pitched - an eye-opening, refreshing pleasure' - Independent 'a small gem from eclectic polymath Chris Goode - This neatly crafted show is far removed from Michael Barrymore's Kids Say the Funniest Things. Instead it's simple, absorbing and at times beautiful' - Evening Standard 'Goode's approach ends up being thought-provoking and complex, and satirical about adults - very entertaining' - Independent on Sunday

About Chris Goode

Chris Goode is a writer and maker working in theatre and live performance. He has amassed a significant body of unpredictable work in diverse formats, from large-scale theatre-based projects, one of a series of performances made specifically for audiences' own homes; and script-based pieces. Chris also works as a poet and poetry critic, and as a musician and sound artist. He is increasingly noted for his reading/performances of experimental work by earlier poets and artists, including Kurt Schwitters, Christopher Knowles, Samuel Beckett and Michael Basinski. He is an Associate Researcher at Rose Bruford College and a member of the Advisory Panel to the Archive of the Now.

Additional information

GOR007403725
9781849434690
1849434697
Monkey Bars by Chris Goode
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20120814
68
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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