Major Edinburgh Festival Hit Comes to London
Tom Wainwright's extraordinary solo performance Pedestrian was one of the major critical and commercial hits of Edinburgh Fringe 2010. Now, this utterly unique and compelling one-man show comes to London for the very first time for a limited run at the Roundhouse from 26 - 29 October.
A breakneck-speed trip through the contemporary British high street to the gates of heaven and back, Pedestrian is packed full of finely-tuned storytelling, breathtaking animation and sudden bursts of Wylie, all the while with Wainwright being pursued by a giant fish. Charting his painful encounters en route with street fundraisers, flash-mobs, the office on their lunch-break, Tesco Metro, a young Palestinian boy, Barack Obama, Jesus Christ and the woman of his dreams, Wainwright has created a perversely comic razorsharp satire about attempting to suppress ‘The Fear’; about apathy; about wanting to change the world. And doing nothing.
A Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Bristol co-commission, Pedestrian premiered in Underbelly at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010 after early scratch performances at Tobacco Factory Bristol, Camden People's Theatre and Southwark Playhouse, and sell-out preview performances at Bristol Old Vic Studio.
Pedestrian is written and performed by Tom Wainwright and made in collaboration with director Amelia Sears (National Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, Royal Court), Video/Sound Artist Simon Wainwright (imitating the dog), Designer Simon Kenny (Holes) and Dramaturg Sarah Dickinson (Literary Manager of Theatre 503).
“Fresh, frank and compelling…” Time Out ****
“Fast-moving, funny and goes for the jugular of modern life.” Scotsman ****
“A highly original and challenging piece of theatre.” Whatsonstage ****
Venue: Studio Theatre, Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8EH
Performances: Wed 26 - Sat 29 Oct, 8pm
Tickets: £12.50 - £7.50
Booking: www.roundhouse.org.uk