Big Boys Don't Cry
Presented by Opposable Thumb Theatre, Nordland Visual Theatre and the London International Mime Festival
Adam and Dik are men. Are they manly? Are they manly men? Are they, perhaps, not manly enough? Using potato crisps, puppets, dead bodies and action men, they take us into the beating heart of the modern male and attempt to answer the burning question: what maketh a man? Nature or nurture? Mind or body? Cheese ‘n Onion or Prawn Cocktail?
‘Big Boys Don’t Cry’, the new show from the makers of Coulrophobia, an “endlessly watchable, sublimely entertaining double act” (Total Theatre), is an emotional and comic story about manhood. Find laughter, tears, love and even more love in a personal and honest show that looks inside the dark bag of a real man’s story in a euphoric explosion of colour, dance, clowns and puppets.
“a bold, brilliant and hysterical production which pulls no punches.” Bristol 24/7
“Two performers at the peak of their clowning powers” ***** The Wee Review, Edinburgh (on Opposable Thumb’s Coulrophobia)
“A fabulous and totally mad adventure” ***** Playstosee (on Opposable Thumb’s Coulrophobia)
Cast:
Dik Dik Downey
Adam Adam Blake
Crew:
Director Emma Williams
Writer in the Room Vic Llewellyn
Music and Sound Simon Preston
Costume Kelly Jago
Production Manager / Lights Chris Collier
Movement Laura Dannequin
Construction Dik Downey & Emma Powell
Producer Ali Robertson
