BE PREPARED
By Ian Bonar
Tom’s a mess. Mr Chambers keeps phoning asking for a Funeral Director. Tom is not a Funeral Director. This is how getting one digit wrong can change a person’s life, forever.
Conversations become confused. Memories start to intertwine and unravel, and two strangers unwittingly help each other to un-forget and connect to the people they loved, in this ‘gloriously funny’, ‘wonderfully human’ and ‘magnetic’ solo show.
★ ★ ★ ★ The Stage - “Quietly moving.”
★ ★ ★ ★ The Upcoming - “...well executed, well written and insidiously memorable.”
★ ★ ★ ★ The List - “Gloriously funny... wonderfully human.”
★ ★ ★ ★ Pop Culture Beast - “Rob Watt’s direction maintains a constant tension, occasionally spiralling into moments of incredible sentiment.”
★ ★ ★ ★ Spy in the Stalls - “Rob Watt’s artful direction offers the audience a sensitive yet provocative production.”
★ ★ ★ ★ Broadway Baby - “Magnetic. Unforgetable. Gripping.”
★ ★ ★ ★ Theatre Bubble - “Haunting stuff.”
Anthony Horowitz - “A TERRIFIC PIECE OF WORK, I LOVED IT.”
Tamsin Greig - “TENDER, FUNNY, & FULL OF IMPOSSIBLE HOPE. MY ADVICE? SEE THIS SHOW.”
CAST AND CREATIVES
Written and performed by Ian Bonar
Director & Dramaturg: Rob Watt
Lighting: Elliot Griggs (Underbelly) / Charlie Morgan Jones (VAULT Festival 2018)
Sound: Alex Crispin
Developed at the RSC's The Other Place
Originally presented by The Corner Shop Events in association with Underbelly Untapped
Photos by The Other Richard