Production still for "A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer". L-R: Eva Alexander, Elexi Walker, Lara Veitch, Bryony Kimmings, Lottie Vallis, Gemma Storr. Photographer: Mark Douet
A Pacifist's Guide to the War On Cancer
By Bryony Kimmings & Brian Lobel
07 March 2018 – 18 March 2018 Merlyn Theatre
Written with Kirsty Housley
Malthouse Theatre, Complicite, National Theatre of Great Britain,
New Writing Theatre Musical International
Bryony Kimmings wants to talk about cancer but she's not getting very far. Instead, she keeps hearing about battles, survivors, fun runs and new leases of life. What's everyone so scared of?
Kimmings is famous for her unique takes on taboo topics—from her sexual health (Sex Idiot) to her boyfriend’s depression (Fake It ’Til You Make It), to her search for positive role models for her teenage niece (Credible, Likeable, Superstar, Role Model).
Complicité, the UK-based theatre company behind Malthouse Theatre’s 2017 hit The Encounter, team up with Kimmings in this funny and moving show about newfound friendships, mundane treatment cycles, hairlessness, and scars... with songs.
★★★★★
"A POWERFUL PIECE OF CONCEPT ART...A LIFE LESSON WE SHOULD ALL SEE"
— Echo (UK)
★★★★★
"DIFFERENT TO ANY THEATRICAL PRODUCTION YOU HAVE EVER IMAGINED"
— North West End
★★★★
"A VITAL CONFRONTATION, EXTRAORDINARY"
— The Observer
Cast
Creatives
Sound Designer
Musical Arranger
Lighting Designer
Playwright, Director
Playwright
Costume Designer, Set Designer
Choreographer
Assistant Director
Acknowledgements
Complicité Associates/Bryony Kimmings. Originally a co-production with the National Theatre.
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