Dandy in the Underworld
From: Wednesday, 9th June 2010
To: Saturday, 10 July 2010
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Synopsis
With a childhood surrounded by alcoholism and petty cruelties, an adolescence of rebellion and punkish anarchy and an adulthood peppered with heroin addiction, voluntary crucifixion, failed suicide and a penchant for sex with prostitutes, Sebastian Horsley’s life was always destined to become a work of art.
Our Review:
16 June 2010
Tim Fountain has adapted this play from the outrageously funny autobiographical book by Sebastian Horsley, a regular character around Soho.
Horsley is an artist, a recovering heroin addict, a sexual predator and a failed suicide by voluntary crucifixion.. He's flamboyantly dressed, lavish in his lusts and with a kind of Oscar Wilde talent for a witty turn of phrase. In this adaptation he's played by the very handsome Milo Twomey, who bears a close physical and vocal resemblance to his subject.
“I have invested 90 percent of my money in prostitutes, the rest on Class A drugs, the remains I squandered,” is the quote from the back of the play script and it just about sums up the man showing his wit, his self deprecating humour and the underlying tragedy behind all the flamboyance of his personality. He describes himself as a child as “A boy forced to live in the real world which I didn’t much care for.”
Paul Wills' design...
Cast
Milo Twomey (Sebastian)
Creative
Tim Fountain (based on the book by Sebastian Horsley) (Author)
Soho Theatre (Producer)
Tim Fountain (Director)
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