Monday - Saturday 7.30pm
Matinees Thursday & Saturday 2.30pm, (not Sat 12 or Thurs 17 Nov)
Press Night Thursday 17 November 7pm
Fri 11 Nov — Sat 10 Dec
“There is something eternal about every
human being” – The Stage Manager, Our Town
The uniquely talented Dickie Beau – the mercurial Ariel in this summer’s The Tempest – shape-shifts across a haunted landscape of performance that stretches back for thousands of years, tracing its roots and branches across unexpected realms. A live lip-synching archive, Dickie summons spirits of ritual and transformation, from Greek tragedians to pantomime dames, from Beckett to the bodhisattvas.
In ¡Showmanism!, he takes us on a journey embracing the politics and puzzles of performing personhood in and out of the spotlight. Both meta and physical, and sometimes a little bit mystical, Dickie channels a multitude of voices into a love letter to the origins and orientations of performance.
Respectful of its forebears, yet irreverent in form, ¡Showmanism! will be a vivid poem-in-motion, which says things both outward and inward, about itself, about art, about the world, and
about being human.
“Dickie Beau raises lip-syncing beyond an art form” Sir Ian McKellen
“Dickie Beau is the closest this country has to a genuine medium, putting flesh on to recorded sound in a manner both gripping and disturbing” This Is Cabaret
Friday 11 November – Saturday 10 December 2022
Monday – Saturday 7.30pm
Matinees Thursday & Saturday 2.30pm, (not Sat 12 or Thurs 17 Nov)
Press Night Thursday 17 November 7pm
Tickets £36.50 / £24.50 discounts
A booking fee of £2.50 per ticket applies
Dramaturg Rupert Christiansen
Director Jan Willem Van Den Bosch
Designer Justin Nardella
Lighting Designer Marty Langthorne
Sounds Designer An Other
The Ustinov foyer and bar are open from one hour prior to the performance.
Doors open approximately 15 minutes prior to the performance unless otherwise stated.
PLEASE NOTE: Tickets CAN be shown on smartphones or tablets upon entry
The Box Office at the Ustinov Studio is open from approximately 30 minutes prior to each performance.
There is a lift from the Foyer to the Stalls level of the Ustinov Studio. Access to the Circle level is by stair access only.
Full terms and conditions for ticket bookings can be found here