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Pip Utton's Current Repertory
- Listed below are my current plays.
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link for further information about each play.
- Probably the most internationally successful one man show of the past
decade. A chilling portrayal of how one man manipulated the prejudices
and intolerances of a whole nation, persuading them to follow him on his
evil crusade. An acute dissection of the Fascist logic that resonates
with current nationalist tendencies. It holds a mirror up to today’s
fears and intolerances and forces the audience to face their own
prejudices and recognise the possible little Hitler lurking in us all.(85 mins, 1 on the road
domestically 2 internationally, strong language,
workshops available)
Welcome to the concentration of camp!
Spend just over an hour spent in the prickly and entertaining company of
probably the greatest British painter since Turner, before being dismissed and
sent back to ‘your lovely little cottages’. An opinionated, hard drinking,
rampant homosexual, artistic genius. He can be charming, waspish and dismissive
all within one sentence. The man described by Margaret Thatcher as ‘that
dreadful man who paints those horrible Paintings!’(75
mins solo drama, venues up to 500 seats 1 on the road domestically, 2
internationally, strong language)
Christmas morning 1977, the day of his death. Is the great Charlie Chaplin
awake, or dreaming? Confronted by his nemesis, his brilliant creation the tramp
- his pathetic but hilarious creation the whole world laughed at becoming the
most famous image of a generation - Chaplin is tormented by the realisation that
the audience always loved the creation and not the real Charlie. He and the
tramp walk in and out of specially created black and white film until finally
walking through the screen and into the distance.
Pip Utton is Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens, the greatest English novelist walks on to the stage,
clutches his chest, staggers, slips from his sister in law’s arms and
falls down dead. Seconds later he leaps up entertaining the audience by
describing his final moments and relating what he believes were the
happiest years of his life, the last 12! He toured the UK and USA
publicly reading (performing) his famous works and making much money.
Separated from his wife he found secret love in the arms of a much
younger woman. He isn’t the grave, serious man of myth but a man full of
energy, passion and fire, a man who was a catalyst in the social
revolution that began during his lifetime.
(One hour ten minutes.
Rated 12+)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Victor Hugo’s classic
‘Beauty and the Beast’ story is told through the mangled words
of the Hunchback, Quasimodo. High on the roof of his beloved
Notre Dame, alone except for the still body of Esmeralda he
rails against the citizens of Paris and the cruelties of the
age. His desperate loneliness, his unrequited love for the young
gypsy and devotion to his ‘father’, the priest who raised him,
fuel his anger and despair. His rejection by all because of his
appearance reflect and challenge today’s obsession with image
and perfect beauty. If beauty is only skin deep then perhaps, so
is ugliness.
(60 minutes. Rated 12+)
Pip Utton is Charles Dickens
reading ‘A Christmas Carol’
What better way to bring in
the Christmas season? Using the script and acting directions
developed by Dickens himself Pip Utton recreates the most
popular of Dickens’ public readings in this almost totally
candlelit performance of ‘A Christmas Carol’. There are no
modern theatrical devices such and sound or lighting effects.
The power of the writing is brought to life by the power of the
performance.
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