7 Day Drunk
2011-2012
Bryony Kimmings is not an alcoholic, but she has always had a rocky relationship with booze. It seems the dark stuff is intrinsically linked to her confidence as an artist as well as to blame for her most genius and most hideous creations.
From Jackson Pollock to Amy Winehouse, from Oscar Wilde to Charlie Sheen, everyone’s on something... but why? From the Total Theatre Award-winning creator of Sex Idiot comes a hilarious and moving one-woman show investigating the historical links between artists and mind enhancing drugs. Putting them to the test scientifically to see if they ring true.
Two parts song and dance routine, one part breakdown with a twist of sobering reality for good measure, the show follows Bryony as she cracks open her own creative psyche with the help of a film-maker, a team of scientists, carers and an IT expert. Created solely from material made during a seven-day drinking experiment, in which Bryony was kept in various states of scientific drunkenness. Performed sober.
Press
★★★★
“A riotous ride”
Evening Standard
★★★★
“Delivered with self-aware wit and a whole lot of glitter. Get it down you!”
Time Out - Critic’s Choice
Credits
Written and performed by Bryony Kimmings • Produced by Hannah Kerr • Costumes and Set by David Curtis Ring • Make-up Design by Cathy Ennis • Film by Nick Vass • Lighting Design by Azusa Ono • Experiment Nurses: Natalie Clarke and Rachel Porter • Science Team: Dr Frances Finnigan, Dr Scott Vrecko, Dr Tony Birch, Dr Sophie Scott, Professor Nick Davies • Show Image by Christa Holka and Alexander Innes • Production Photos by Liquid Photo
Commissioned by Soho Theatre and The Junction.
Funded by Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Arts Council England
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