Mr Sole Abode
A solo performance
Fusing text, physical performance and a striking set by surreal puppeteers/designers Faulty Optic, this magical show tells the story of self proclaimed architect Mr Sole Abode. Unable to function under strain of contemporary material society he seeks refuge… in a fridge.
Mr Sole Abode is inspired by Ben Okri’s “The Famished Road”, the film “Waking Life” by Richard Linklater, and writings by David Bohm on fragmentation.
Those of us who lingered in the world, seduced by the enunciation of wonderful events, went through life with beautiful and fated eyes, carrying with us the music of a lovely and tragic mythology. Our mouths utter obscure prophecies. Our minds are invaded by images of the future. We are the strange ones, with half of our beings always in the spirit world.
The Famished Road, Ben Okri.
The piece explores ideas of perception and sanity and considers the thin line between the sane and the insane. Leo embraces the ideas of quantum physics and the question of truth and how one is able to change the reality they live in by changing their patterns of perception.
After watching this you leave the theatre with more questions than answers examining yourself and the society in which you live; something that more theatre should be doing.
Michelle Reid, Total Theatre Magazine
Mr Sole Abode is a strange little man who tells fantastical stories…read on
Katharine James, culturewars.org.uk
- Conceived, created & performed by Leo Kay
- Written by Leo Kay & Benji Reid (Breaking Cycles)
- Directed by Benji Reid
- Sound design by Dan Steele
- Set design by Faulty Optic
- Produced by Madrugada & Makin Projects
- Original Production by Talita Moffatt