 Event |
The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church
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| Venue |
Herald Theatre, Auckland CBD, New Zealand |
| Umbrella Event |
Auckland Arts Festival 2011 |
| First Date |
8 March 2011 |
| Opening Date |
8 March 2011 |
| Last Date |
12 March 2011 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Multi award-winning comedian and storyteller Daniel Kitson's critically acclaimed show tells the sad and funny story of Gregory Church, his life and his deferred death. Gregory had fifty seven letters to write. He'd never written that many letters, not in one go. In fact, he'd never written a single letter and it was taking significantly longer than he'd anticipated. He'd started, full of optimism, curiously enough, at 9am and now here he was eight hours later halfway through letter twenty four. He glanced at his watch and then at the noose hanging over his head. Gregory sighed. Had he known how long suicide letters take, he thought, he wouldn't have cancelled the milk for the morning. The story of a death postponed by life. Daniel Kitson, multi award-winning comedian, storyteller and keen culinary hobbyist returns to New Zealand for the first time since 2003 with "an inspired fictional anecdote that flowers into an unobtrusive masterpiece of modern lowkey storytelling" (The Scotsman). This critically acclaimed show tells the sad and funny story of Gregory Church, his life and his deferred death. |
| Description Source |
Website |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Tragi-comedy
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Production Nationality |
England
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Library Collection |
Auckland Arts Festival 2011 website - archived by the National Library via https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/wayback/20110323070046/http://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/ |
| Web |
http://2011.aaf.co.nz/events/the-interminable-suicide-of-gregory-church.aspx.html |
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| Event Identifier |
157489 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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