Details

It is better to burn out than fade away. This is a blackly funny play about loss, love and happy meals. John, a music journalist for the NME is coming to terms with his own failings. He has failed as a writer, as a lover and as a son. Following the death of his father he returns home to face his domineering mother. Struggling to finish a biography of Nirvana's lead singer Kurt Cobain he is visited by Kurt himself. Kurt begins to torment him about his failure of a life. Does Kurt want John to kill himself? Can his girlfriend, Helen, a young sparky hairdresser from North London save him from despair? Or will his mother drive him over the edge. This is a play about a terrible secret. A man with no hope. A mother with no love. A girlfriend with no patience. And a dead rockstar on a mission ... I'm a failed writer dressed in my mother's clothes talking to the dead Lead singer of Nirvana in a small terrace house in Yorkshire. The worst crime is faking it.

Cast/Performers

Chris Coghill (John), Daniela Denby-Ashe

Creatives/Company

Author: Martin Sadofski
Company: Pocket Punks
Director: Dylan Brown