QUENTIN CRISP: NAKED HOPE
The Old Woollen, Sunny Bank Mills, 83- 85 Town Street, Farsley, Leeds, LS28 5UJ
£12.50 + Booking Fee. Doors 7pm. Show 8pm. Unreserved Seating.
"Wonderful. Mark Farrelly channels Quentin Crisp brilliantly. It’s important to keep his voice alive!” - BOY GEORGE
“A great show and a terrific performance” PETER TATCHELL
From a conventional upbringing to global notoriety via The Naked Civil Servant, Quentin Crisp was one of the most memorable figures of the twentieth century. Openly gay as early as the 1930s, Quentin spent decades being beaten up on London’s streets for refusing to be anything less than himself. His courage, and the philosophy that evolved from those experiences, inspire to the present day.
Mark Farrelly's hugely acclaimed solo play has been performed almost 200 times across the UK and Off-Broadway. Naked Hope depicts Quentin at two phases of his extraordinary life: alone in his Chelsea flat in the 1960s, certain that life has passed him by, and thirty years later, performing An Evening with Quentin Crisp in New York. Packed with witty gems, Naked Hope is a glorious, uplifting celebration of the urgent necessity to be your true self.
★★★★ “An uncanny feat of resurrection. Farrelly’s mastery of his audience is total” TIME OUT
★★★★ "A stunning piece of work" THE STAGE
★★★★ "Make no mistake, this is a riveting and quite hysterically funny show" BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE