Christopher Brett Bailey
THIS IS HOW WE DIE
Presented by Contact + Word of Warning during Flying Solo Festival 2015
In Brief
Tales of paranoia, young love and ultra-violence in a spiralling odyssey of pitch-black humour and nightmarish prose. A prime slice of surrealist trash, an Americana death trip and a dizzying exorcism for a world convinced it is dying.
See his first + second trailer.
Venue + Booking Details
Dates: Tuesday 5 + Wednesday 6 May 2015, 8pm
Venue: Contact (space 1), Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6JA
Tickets: £11/7
Special offers: quote WoW at Box Office or select from price list online for £7 ticket | buy nine tickets + get your tenth free.
Box Office Tel: 0161 274 0600
Access Information
Age advisory: 16+ With no interval, the show lasts approximately 75 minutes. English spoken word and loud music. For specific age and access information please email info@habarts.org or call 0161 232 6086.
Q&A
On Tuesday 5 May, following a short break, there will be a post-show talk.
More
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. A blood-soaked love letter to the depraved, the depressed and the death-obsessed.
Winner of the TBC Award at the Offies 2015 + Arches Brick Award 2014.
Who is he?
A performer, writer and theatre-maker, Christopher is an associate artist of Made In China — touring to Word of Warning, nationally and internationally; he has also worked with BBC R4, Unicorn Theatre and collaborated with artists Andy Field, Mamoru Iriguchi, Glen Neath, Hannah Ringham and the late, great Ken Campbell. As a musician/composer, Christopher is one half of ambient classical duo Moon Ate the Dark and leader of experimental guitar quartet This Machine Won’t Kill Fascists But It Might Get You Laid.
What people have said about THIS IS HOW WE DIE
5* …a bushel of cruel wit and bodily fluids. If gonzo journalism ever needed a news anchor, this would be the guy.
Exeunt
4* An absurd road movie of the soul cut with a razor wit and bubbling paranoia …an awesome display of verbal gymnastics.
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
4* [A] blisteringly brilliant monologue, a surreal and mind-blowing odyssey…
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman
Credits
Written + performed by Christopher Brett Bailey | Musicians: George Percy, Alicia Jane Turner + Apollo | Dramaturg: Anne Rieger | Lighting Designer: Sherry Coenen | Production Manager: Alex Fernandes | Producer: Beckie Darlington
An Ovalhouse commission. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Made with support from Basement Brighton, Cambridge Junction + Norwich Arts Centre as part of East By South East.