Following on from the success of Still Floating, the great Welsh storyteller, Shôn Dale-Jones, is back at Eastleigh’s The Point on Thursday 9 November with Cracking – a new dark and comic story that blends fiction and reality into one seamless whole.
When Shôn playfully cracks an egg on his mother’s head, he has no idea real-life internet trolls will appear on his doorstep.
Cracking takes on the battle between love and hate, asking what’s funny and where we draw the line.
Part stand-up, part theatre Cracking is a funny, touching and thought-provoking solo performance that sews together fact and fiction into one seamless whole -making us wonder what’s real, what’s not and what’s gone wrong.
Cracking was originally developed as a radio play for BBC Radio 4, and following its broadcast on 17 August 2023 was recommended as Pick of The Week.
Told by two-time Fringe First winner, this uplifting story has received phenomenal feedback and is now on tour from October 2023 into the spring of 2024.
Over the last 25 years Shôn Dale-Jones has written 27 theatre plays, five BBC radio dramas and a variety of short films and site specific work.
His work has been translated into seven languages and been presented in 20 countries across 6 continents.
He has co-produced worked with BBC Radio 4, Royal Court, Barbican, Sydney Opera House and National Theatre Wales, and won several awards, including the BBC Audio Drama Award, two Fringe Firsts, a Total Theatre Award and a nomination for the Prix Europa.
Between 2016 -2019 he performed The Duke and Me and Robin Hood as fundraising events, raising £100,000 for charities working with vulnerable children.
Cracking celebrates how searching for connection beats disconnecting, and is a heart-warming and uplifting comic story about loving in the face of hatred, it’s one not to be missed!
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