Directed by Steve Marmion

7:30pm

Prodigy, Soldier, Traveller, Poet, but always and ever a Showman!

In 1881, one of the Victorian theatre’s most enigmatic impresarios, Mr Edward Gant, presented his famed travelling show for the very last time. In 2009, Anthony Neilson and Headlong Theatre are proud to present a reconstruction of this historic and extraordinary evening of mystery and magic, spectacle and strangeness. Behold... The Amazing Feats of Loneliness! Neilson (last at Soho with God in Ruins) is one of Britain’s most acclaimed playwrights, creating bold and pioneering new work. Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness is a funny and theatrical exploration of beauty, mortality and wonder.

'A Victorian freak show for our time'
**** The Independent

'It's as if The Mighty Boosh had re-imagined Shockheaded Peter by way of an old Amicus Films horror compendium'
**** The Herald

'A joyously grotesque, Monty Pythonesque curiosity
**** The Scotsman

'A show about the power of the imagination... Funny and scatalogical — with cameos from dancing pimples and giant bears'
**** Evening Standard

Designed by Tom Scutt | Lighting by Malcolm Rippeth | Composer/Sound Designer Tom Mills