Teatro Unfortunato presents
The Last Breath of the Troubadours
by Julian Smith
directed by Nat Jones
"Let us start with love – love and the number 88 – number 88 Curtain Road, Shoreditch. The year – well it doesn’t really matter which year – pick a year!”
Teatro Unfortunato started off life as a travelling Commedia Dell Arte and street theatre company. “The Last Breath of the Troubadours” is a one person extended monologue with audience interaction, live music and direct address.
Written by Natalie Jones and Julian Smith, the piece explores the 950 year life of a time-travelling troubadour. At the heart of the work is the desire for “real” connections and human touch in this digital world.
A combination of confessional story-telling and clowning, this is an uplifting event which considers how we capture the joy and the pain of the now.
“Julian creates a world where the audience are brought into the narrative - sometimes as crying babies or kitchen appliances. It’s part lecture, part confession. You might end up on stage, pretending to be a fridge having to give counselling to an out of work actor.”
Teatro Unfortunato started off life as a travelling Commedia Dell Arte and street theatre company. “The Last Breath of the Troubadours” is a one person extended monologue with audience interaction, live music and direct address.
Written by Natalie Jones and Julian Smith, the piece explores the 950 year life of a time-travelling troubadour. At the heart of the work is the desire for “real” connections and human touch in this digital world.
A combination of confessional story-telling and clowning, this is an uplifting event which considers how we capture the joy and the pain of the now.
“Julian creates a world where the audience are brought into the narrative - sometimes as crying babies or kitchen appliances. It’s part lecture, part confession. You might end up on stage, pretending to be a fridge having to give counselling to an out of work actor.”
