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Beating McEnroe
by Jamie Woodcomedy, theatre
From Spring next year, Jamie Wood will go on the road with all three of his critically acclaimed solo shows including Beating McEnroe
about the production
1981. Wimbledon. Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe face each other across the net: the self-controlled champion and the impassioned upstart. An epic rivalry comes to a head. A six-year old boy watches and learns. This is about being a younger brother and a bad loser. It is about competition and control, vitriol and zen. It is about rivalry and love and how they can both better us and destroy us. Beating McEnroe was shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award for Innovation, Experimentation and Playing with Form in 2013 and won the From Edinburgh with Love award from Ovalhouse
about the artist
International Art Clown Jamie Wood is a performer and director with a strong record in creating striking and accessible theatre which has toured extensively all over the world. His work reflects a training combining fine art, theatre, clown and dance and ranges from the comic and darkly surreal plays of The Frequency D’Ici (Paperweight, Fringe First 2008, Director and devisor) to the physical and visual poetics of Petra’s Pulse (Aegean Fatigue, National Review of Live Art 2008, Co-director and Performer). Jamie is a qualified Giggle Doctor, working through Theodora Children's Charity, and was featured on Nina Conti's Clowning Around documentary.
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stage dimensions
width: 5 metres
height: 4 metres
depth: 4 metres
On Request
Fans of clowning and interactive alternative comedy - Jamie trained at Gaulier, he is an ‘international art clown extraordinaire’, he has appeared in Nina Conti’s ‘Clowning Around’ and is a Clown Doctor. Contemporary Theatre Audiences - Lyn Gardner is supportive of Jamie’s work and those who follow her writing tend to be adventurous audience who would enjoy Jamie’s work. Live art and performance art audiences. Environmentally conscious groups - Jamie received The Creative Carbon Award as his show is made using public transport, and minimal, recycled sets. Mindfulness- Jamie’s work is very much about connectedness and presence in the moment.
“brilliantly bonkers. A vital dose of joy” **** Fest Magazine on Beating McEnroe
“Spending an hour in the company of his imagination is dizzying. This is a tour de force” **** Exeunt on Beating McEnroe
"Beating McEnroe is as funny as the best comedy, super-theatrical & entirely unlike anything else"
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