Varnish
Jonathan Mayor
Tue 31st Jan - Sun 5th Feb
18:30,15:00,18:00 (
60 mins)
Theatre
Tickets from £13.00
Venue: Pit
Age Guidance: 15+
Contains strong language and depictions of adoption trauma. References emotional abuse, childbirth, mental illness, racism, homophobia, drug and alcohol abuse, and ableism.
“When did I, Jonathan Mayor, first know I was special? When indeed.
It might be more useful to ask the question in a different way. It might be better to ask whether there was a time when I didn’t know I was special.
And, you know what, I don’t think there was.
I was chosen, you see. Right from the start. My parents adopted me. Of course they did. They weren’t prepared to leave the quality of their offspring to chance.
Who does that?
You never know what you’ll get, do you? If you leave it to natural selection. You never know what disappointment lies in store.”
A fabulous and fractured, sparkling and splintered, magnificent and messy exploration of adoption, addiction, and ego.
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Press & Reviews
Praise for Jonathan Mayor's stand-up:
"Very funny" - Michael Palin
"Marvellously wicked" - Sarah Millican
“a self-obsessed glittery queen with a larger than life personality who arrives on stage in a bamboozling mix of innuendo" - Manchester Evening News
"A true Diva of our times." - canal-street.co.uk
"An incredible presence on the stage. Mesmerising to watch and an extremely articulate improviser. Fantastic." - XS Malarkey
Cast & Creative Team Cast: JONATHAN MAYOR
Writer: JANET TAYLOR
Director: MOLLY BYRNE
Composer: STEVE PYCROFT
Lighting and Sound Designer: HAN SAYLES
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