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Scaramouche Jones

Guy Masterson - TTI In Association With Passion Pit Theatre UK

Not so much the biography of a 100 year old clown, more an alternative telling of the more disturbing side of the 20th Century, this production of 'Scaramouche Jones' is practically flawless. Justin Butcher's performance is as in-depth and considered as you would hope for from the man who wrote the play; his physicality in his clowning and embodiment of different characters as he dives around the stage is both energetic and precise, knowing and touching. As Scaramouche slowly strips out of his clown costume the audience learns through a beautifully worded and layered script of the tragedy, the hardships and suffering that go into not just the clown figure but every human, and the masks worn to cover the scars.

Assembly @ George Street, 31 Jul - 25 Aug (not 11), 12.20pm (1.35pm), £13.00 (£12.00), fpp 228

tw rating: 5/5

published: Aug-2008

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