Performance

Venue	Bristol Old Vic
	Also: Main House, Weston Studio, Cooper's Loft Studio
Town	Bristol
County	City of Bristol
From	13th October 2016
Opened	20th October 2016
To	13th November 2016
When	19:30. Sat Mats 14:30
Bristol Old Vic (V857)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 19 Feb 16 - T1288293039

The Grinning Man

Work:: The Grinning Man (S0987095002)

At the city fair, a grotesque oasis of entertainment, a strange new act has arrived. Soon everyone from the gutter-rats to the new queen has fallen for the hand-made freak Grinpayne and his hideously beautiful face. But who is he really? And how did he come to be so marked? Together with an old man, a blind girl and wolf he has a surreal story to tell. Dreams are lived, destinies entwined and the darkest desires are made monstrous flesh in a musical like no other. Based on The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo.

Book by	Carl Grose
Music	Marc Teitler
Music	Tim Phillips
Lyrics	Carl Grose
Lyrics	Tom Morris
Lyrics	Tim Phillips
Lyrics	Marc Teitler

Production:: (T1288293039)

Producer	Bristol Old Vic
Director	Tom Morris
Design	Jon Bausor
Design	Finn Caldwell (puppets - for Gyre & Gimble)
Design	Toby Olie (puppets - for Gyre & Gimble)
Director	Finn Caldwell (puppets - for Gyre & Gimble)
Lighting	Richard Howell
Music	Tim Phillips
Music	Marc Teitler
Performer	Louis Maskell (Grinpayne)
Performer	Julian Bleach (Barkilphedro)
Performer	Sean Kingsley (Ursus)
Performer	Gloria Onitiri (Princess Josiana)
Performer	Audrey Brisson (Dea)
Performer	Ewan Black
Performer	Alice Barclay
Performer	Stuart Angell
Performer	Patrycja Kujawska
Performer	Stu Barker
Performer	Pete Flood
Performer	Ross Hughes
Performer	Tarek Merchant
Performer	Stuart Neal
Performer	Gloria Obianyo

Listing:: L364171125

Current production:Work

Reviews

The Grinning Man review
21Oct16: New musical based on Victor Hugo's "The Man Who Laughs"

Special Performances

29 Oct 16 Sign Interpreted
5 Nov 16 Audio Described
12 Nov 16 Captioned

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