SWITCHFLICKER PRODUCTIONS AND SOHO THEATRE ANNOUNCE THE WORLD PREMIÈRE OF
DAVID HOYLE’S TEN COMMANDMENTS
Switchflicker Productions and Soho Theatre present
Ten Commandments
Devised by David Hoyle, Mark Whitelaw and Jayne Compton
Directed by Mark Whitelaw
Soho Theatre
19 May – 30 May
Following his smash-hit Diamond, David Hoyle returns to Soho Theatre with the world première of Ten Commandments, combining his captivating stage performance with lacerating social commentary. Olivier award-winning Mark Whitelaw directs David Hoyle in this one man show. The production opens at Soho Theatre on 20 May and runs until 30 May, with previews from 19 May, before embarking on a national tour in autumn.
Rioting the wrongs of contemporary Britain, Ten Commandments promises to rebalance all the inequities and injustices that surround us.
In this light-hearted antidote to the rat-infested dystopia in which we currently find ourselves, fireball of the cabaret apocalypse, David returns the Garden of Eden to its natural state free from nuclear weapons, landfills and perpetual burning forests.
We welcome the congregation to liberate themselves and others in a thermonuclear explosion of love and also hope for what remains of the 21st century.
David Hoyle said today, “Ten Commandments is an affectionate romp through the rat-infested ruins of my life.”
David Hoyle’s previous performance credits include Unplugged, Merrie Hell, Diamond (Soho Theatre), The Ugly Spirit (Southbank Centre/UK tour), David Hoyle’s SOS (Soho Theatre/Manchester Royal Exchange), Magazine, Dave’s Drop In, David Hoyle’s Aural Assault, David Hoyle’s Licking Wounds, Slurry, David Hoyle’s Lives, David Hoyle’s Lives 2, David Hoyle’s Winter Warmer, Guiding Light and Heavenly Voices (Royal Vauxhall Tavern). For television his credits include The Divine David Presents, The Divine David Heals and Nathan Barley; and for film his credits include Velvet Goldmine, Uncle David, Uncle David 2 and Set the Thames on Fire.
Mark Whitelaw directs. Previous directing credits include Duckie’s C’est Barbican (Barbican Theatre, London) for which he won an Olivier Award for Best Entertainment, and Ursula Martinez’s Free Admission (Soho Theatre) and A Family Outing (Barbican Theatre, London).
Ten Commandments Listings
Soho Theatre
21 Dean St, Soho, London W1D 3NE
Box Office: 020 7478 0100
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Commissioned by Contact and Soho Theatre.