THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION or...THE SURVIVAL OF (R)EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES IN THE FACE OF SCIENTIFIC AND ECCLESIASTICAL OBJECTIONS:
BEING A MUSICAL COMEDY ABOUT CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882)
Written and Performed by John Hinton
Directed by Daniel Goldman
KOMEDIA STUDIO BAR
8th & 9th May @ 1pm
10th, 11th & 12th May @ 7pm
Award-winning Tangram Theatre Company makes its first Brighton Fringe appearance with its hit show about the most important idea, well, ever...
A total sell out hit at the Pleasance in Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009, The Origin of Species... is the highly acclaimed second show from writer/performer John Hinton and director Daniel Goldman, creators of Crunch! - Total Theatre Award Nominee 2006.
A show for young and old alike, The Origin of Species... tells the incredible story of how Charles Darwin came to discover the secrets of evolution and why it took him over twenty years before he plucked up the courage to publish his remarkable idea. It’s a show packed with big ideas, terrible puns, brilliant physical comedy and six cracking original songs about everything from blasted boring barnacles to the perils of marrying your own cousin.
The Origin of Species... was created in 2009 to celebrate the bicentenary of Darwin’s birth and the 150 year anniversary since his (R)Evolutionary book was published.
Press quotes from Edinburgh
“Remarkably inventive, thoroughly entertaining...
19th century science can rarely have been so fascinating and never so much fun.”
The Stage Must See!
“Witty, clever, absurd... Comic genius...Grown-ups will love it. Kids will adore it. A gem.”
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“A must see for any parents with bright children aged from around 8 upwards.”
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Listings Information
Venue: Komedia Studio Bar, 44-47 Gardner Str, North Laine, Brighton, BN1 1UN
Dates: 8th, 9th May 1pm
10th, 11th, 12th May 7pm
Duration: 58 minutes
Tickets: £6 - £10
Box Office: 0845 293 8480 or www.komedia.co.uk/brighton
Check out interview with John Hiniton
