Performance

Venue	Theatre Royal Stratford East
	Also: The Red Crate/Gerry's
Town	Outer London
County	Greater London
From	10th July 2024
To	13th July 2024
When	19:30
Theatre Royal Stratford East (V337)
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Date of change: 28 Mar 24 - T57733956

Birthmarked

Work:: Birthmarked (S1989592238)

A young Jehovah's Witness comes to terms with his sexuality and finds his feet (and high heels...) in a world he once believed would be destroyed at Armageddon.

Author	Brook Tate
Music	Brook Tate

Production:: (T57733956)

Birthmarked is a new concept gig written and performed by Brook Tate and his grand ol' band of pals. Using songs he has written over the last six years, Brook tells the story - his story - of a young gay Jehovah's Witness as he comes to terms with his sexuality and finds his feet (and high heels...) in a world he once believed would be destroyed at Armageddon. With original music likened to Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell, and alongside a whale, a paintbrush and a pair of tap shoes, he hopes to shine a light on what it means to be marked...at birth.

Director	Sally Cookson
Design	Max Johns
Lighting	Jai Morjaria
Musical Director	John O'Hara
Director	Chris Pirie (puppets)
Dramaturg	Marietta Kirkbride
Costume	Sophia Khan
Other	Travis Alabanza (Outside Eye)
Director	Sarah Fielding (associate director)
Lighting	Luca Panetta (associate lighting)
Design	Jacob Lucy (associate designer)
Other	Ed Borgnis (production manager)
Stage Manager	Rachel Bell
Sound	Tom Crosley-Thorne (sound no 1)
Stage Manager	Eve Richardson (assistant)
Producer	Hannah Smith

Listing:: L01302784721

Production details

Birthmarked is a new concept gig written and performed by Brook Tate and his grand ol' band of pals. Using songs he has written over the last six years, Brook tells the story - his story - of a young gay Jehovah's Witness as he comes to terms with his sexuality and finds his feet (and high heels...) in a world he once believed would be destroyed at Armageddon. With original music likened to Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell, and alongside a whale, a paintbrush and a pair of tap shoes, he hopes to shine a light on what it means to be marked...at birth.

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