QUN 09 - The Adventures of Wound Man & Shirley
Monday 18 May to Saturday 23 May 7:30pm (Mon-Fri), 2pm & 5pm (Sat)
£10/8
Written & performed by Chris Goode - “British theatre's greatest maverick talent" (The Guardian).
Shirley is a teenage boy. He's a dreamer, a bit of a loner, and a fan of desperately uncool pop music. He's also hopelessly in love with a classmate at school who barely knows he exists. Then, one night, a mysterious figures moves into his ordinary surburban street. Wound Man is an unconventional superhero, who happens to have a vacancy for a teenage side-kick...
The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley tells the story of two unlikely friends and the adventures they share. The show combines intimate storytelling, black humour, hand-drawn animation and original music into a bedtime-tale - comic-book - super-hero story about growing up and getting braver.
Suitable for ages 14+.
*PLUS Post-show discussion on Wed 20 May.
Part of Queer Up North International Festival 2009.
See more at http://www.queerupnorth.com/whatson/artist/chrisgoode
AMAZING REVIEWS HERE
Amazing four-star review from The Guardian at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/may/16/review-adventures-wound-man-shirley
The Manchester Evening News at:
http://www.citylife.co.uk/theatre_dance/theatre/reviews/16478_goode_s_production_is_utterly_engaging_
and What's On Stage at:
http://www.whatsonstage.com/blogs/manchester/2009/05/19/review-the-adventures-of-wound-man-and-shirley/
Find out why it's winning hearts at Contact till Saturday!
See below for the showreel of Adam Smith who is creating original animation for The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley.
