Jack, a white non-binary person with bright green hair and wearing a white t-shirt stands with their back to the camera under UV light, doing a morning stretch. They are surrounded by trinkets; a tiny pink flamingo, a book, leaves, a water bottle, a shiny pink love-heart shaped disco purse, and other nondescript things.

GOBLIN

Jack Wakely / Silent Faces

Information

Time: 7:30pm


Tickets: Free – booking required


Running Time: 20 minutes


Age Recommendation: 14+


This event takes place in person in our Council Chamber

Jack doesn’t care what you think you’ve heard – there’s no goblin in this show. They’re sorry you’ve been misled so terribly. They’re just a nice, normal human being. And, quite frankly, it’s really strange that you’d believe otherwise.

GOBLIN is an honest, silly, confronting, funny, cathartic mashup of clown, new writing and Neo-Futuristic based theatre. A solo piece exploring what it means to exist under constant scrutiny, examining the performative nature of trying to ‘fit in’ and growing up in the 1990’s under Section 28.

Jack Wakely is the Co-Artistic Director of Silent Faces Theatre (Godot is a Woman, A Clown Show About Rain, Follow Suit) and a member of Degenerate Fox (The Dirty Thirty).

See this performance in a double bill with Elvis Died of Burgers.

 

‘Comic and compelling’ ★★★★ The Stage

Cheeky and geeky’ ★★★★ Guardian

*Reviews for Follow Suit and Godot is a Woman

 

Two male presenting figures who are performing outdoors. One is a wheelchair user and is leaning far forward and posing on all fours while the wheelchair is still strapped to their waist. The other is behind the wheelchair user and holding onto the wheelchair with one outstretched hand, while crouching down with one leg stretched behind them. There are a group of people of mixed age and gender in the background watching the performers.

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Biographies

Jack Wakely

Jack Wakely (they/he) is an advocate for celebrating gender diversity and disability within the arts. They are focused on amplifying the stories and voices of marginalised and under-represented artists.

Jack has been Co-Artistic Director of the award-winning Silent Faces Theatre since it was founded in 2015, making brave, ridiculous, unique and challenging devised theatre. The company (Jack, Josie Underwood and Cordelia Stevenson) have written and devised Follow Suit, A Clown Show About Rain and Godot is a Woman. Godot is a Woman was published in 2022 by Renard Press.

Jack is also a founding ensemble member of Degenerate Fox Theatre, writing, directing and performing in The Dirty Thirty, a fortnightly outing of an ever-changing menu of 30 original plays, performed in one hour, against the clock.

Access

PRE EVENT INFORMATION

This event takes place in person in our Council Chamber. This space is on the first floor, with step-free access to the space via a lift.

If you have booked a ticket you will receive an email from us before your performance detailing important information about your visit.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

This performance will be BSL interpreted, Captioned and Audio Described.

Content

  • Light haze

Pre-Show Information

This performance will be Relaxed. We invite you to make yourself comfortable and move around if you need to, and if you need to leave the performance at any point you will be allowed to return to the space when you feel ready.

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