Christopher Brett Bailey's THIS IS HOW WE DIE Comes to Battersea Arts Centre, Now thru Nov 14

Following successful runs at Ovalhouse and Forest Fringe, Christopher Brett Bailey - author of award-winning 'punk-opera' The Inconsiderate Aberrations of Billy the Kid and performer with Made In China - brings his first solo show to Battersea Arts Centre and The Marlborough. A savage, surreal, and apocalyptic blend of spoken word, storytelling, caustic humour and gutter philosophy with echoes of Lenny Bruce, William Burroughs, beat poetry and B-movies.

Filled with tales of paranoia and young love, ultra-violence and pitch-black humour, THIS IS HOW WE DIE is a spiralling odyssey of nightmarish imagery. A prime slice of surrealist trash and a blood-soaked love letter to the depraved, the depressed and the death-obsessed.

Christopher is joined by live musicians for an emotionally charged finale of haunting violins and thunderous noise-rock, culminating in an ensemble attack on the senses, both delicate and primal.

Christopher is a performer, theatre-maker and musician. As an associate artist of Made In China he has toured internationally, and performed at venues including National Theatre, BAC, Traverse. He has worked with BBC Radio 4, Unicorn Theatre and collaborated with artists such as Andy Field, Mamoru Iriguchi, Glen Neath & Hannah Ringham and the late great Ken Campbell. The Inconsiderate Aberrations of Billy the Kid received a ThreeWeeks Editor's Choice Award and a cover feature in the Guardian's G2 Magazine. Christopher is also one half of ambient music duo Moon Ate the Dark, touring nationally and internationally with their broken chords, circular melodies, lo-fi electronics and soothing drones.

For more about Christopher, follow on Twitter @ct_bailey | #ThisIsHowWeDie or visit www.christopherbrettbailey.com.

Written and performed by Christopher Brett Bailey, THIS IS HOW WE DIE's creative team includes dramaturg Anne Rieger, lighting design by Sherry Coenen and musicians Christopher Brett Bailey, Alicia Jane Turner, Apollo, and George Percy. Produced by Beckie Darlington.

DETAILS:

29 Oct - 14 Nov Battersea Arts Centre

Lavender Hill, London, SW11 5TN

9.30pm | £12, £9 concs

www.bac.org.uk

1 Nov The Marlborough

4 Princes Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1RD

7.30pm | £8.50, £6.50 concs

www.drinkinbrighton.co.uk/marlborough

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/864590

Running Time: 75 mins | Suitable for ages 16+

BIOS:

Christopher Brett Bailey (Writer / Performer) - Christopher is a performer, theatre-maker and musician. He is an Associate Artist of Made In China with whom he has toured internationally and performed at National Theatre, BAC, Traverse and more. Other performance credits include work with BBC Radio 4, Unicorn Theatre and collaborations with Andy Field, Mamoru Iriguchi, Glen Neath & Hannah Ringham and the late great Ken Campbell. Chris' first script, The Inconsiderate Aberrations of Billy the Kid toured the Fringe 2008-2010 earning 5 star reviews, a ThreeWeeks Editor's Choice Award and a cover feature in the Guardian's G2 Magazine. As a musician Bailey is ½ of ambient music duo Moon Ate the Dark, releasing records on Sonic Pieces, Hibernate/Home Normal and Brian Records. Christopher is a graduate of East 15's Contemporary Theatre BA and Goldsmiths Writing for Performance MA. 'A really special performance talent' Total Theatre (on Chris' performance with MIC)

Anne Rieger (Dramaturg) - Anne Rieger is a trained dramaturg for contemporary performance and theatre with ten years' experience in various theatre practices. As a dramaturg she offers artistic advice during the creation of new work including concept development sessions, response and questions, research and script analysis. Additionally she provides support in fundraising, creation of development strategies and project management. Anne has worked internationally with the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater (Schleswig, Germany), Nationale Toneel (The Hague, Netherlands), Ro Theater (Rotterdam, Netherlands) and The Basement (Brighton, UK).

George Percy (Musician / Sound Designer) - George is a multi-instrumentalist and producer whose work spans rock, dance and electronic music. He is the director of Oil Records and guitarist in THIS MACHINE WON'T KILL FASCISTS BUT IT MIGHT GET YOU LAID. George is a graduate of Westminster University and British Academy of New Music.

Alicia Jane Turner (Musician) - Alicia is a violinist, composer and performance artist. As a member of several orchestras and string quartets she toured the UK and Europe and performed in many renowned venues (incl. Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, St John's Smith Square). Following her graduation with a First Class Honours Degree in Commercial Music, Alicia continues her left-field pop compositions and work as a violinist, recording and performing with other artists and composers.

Apollo (Musician) - Apollo is a singer, violinist, composer and video artist who makes baroque pop. As well as touring the world with both rock bands and orchestras, he has performed in the UK with the Royal Choral Society, London Gay Men's Chorus and The Irrepressibles. He is a graduate of Goldsmiths College's popular music course and The Tring Park School for the Performing Arts.

Sherry Coenen (Lighting Designer) - Sherry has been lighting shows in the US and UK since graduating with a BFA in Lighting Design from the University of Miami in 2003. Shows include: Skin Tight (Park90), Conquest of the South Pole (Arcola), Moby-Dick (Arcola), ENTER (Embassy Theatre), The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (Arcola), Your Last Breath (UK Tour), Anton Chekhov (Hampstead Theatre), Frobisher's Gold (Shaw), CELL (Little Angel Theatre), Mysterious Skin (The Drill Hall), Bernarda Alba (Union), Where the Flowers Grow (Warehouse Theatre), The Shakespeare Conspiracy (Chelsea Theatre).

Beckie Darlington (Producer) - Beckie is a creative producer working across a range of art forms to conceive, develop and deliver new work, including festivals, touring theatre performances, participatory art works, installations, and one-off live events. She has worked with organisations including transmediale, Natural History Museum, Northern Stage, FutureEverything, Caper, AV Festival and Wunderbar. She is currently collaborating on projects with Andy Field, Ira Brand, Deborah Pearson, Molly Naylor, the Gate Theatre, Christopher Brett Bailey, Gillie Kleiman and Sara Lindström.

The Marlborough Theatre is a unique venue in the heart of Brighton, a beautiful miniature proscenium arch stage complete with velvet curtains. The theatre is buzzing year round with theatre, comedy, music, workshops and literature events, we specialise in the weird, wonderful and unexpected.

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