Monday 6th February
Mental Fight Club presents a special event in collaboration with Voodoo Monkeys and Theatre Royal Plymouth, facilitated by award winning Theatre Maker Lee Hart.
All are invited to join us for this unique FREE theatre workshop, film screening, and post-film discussion at The Marylebone Theatre.
Full Timetable:
11:30am – Doors open.
12pm – 1pm: Come and grab a bit to eat, relax and chat.
1pm – 2pm: Danceworks - A mixed bag of modern and historical dance is welcoming patrons. We look forward to celebrating friendship and connection once more in great company!
2:30pm – 3:30pm: The Singing Group - The Dragon Café Singing group will be meeting for a live session where we will be raising our voices together in song as we come together. Come along and join in, everyone is welcome.
4pm – 6pm: “Bypassing our inner Critic”
In this fun workshop, award winning theatre practitioner and friend of Mental Fight Club Lee Hart will use games and play to facilitate an exploration into ensemble building, a shared physical dynamic, and the building blocks of a piece of devised performance.
6:30pm – 7:30pm “Today I killed my very first bird”
A filmed presentation of a Voodoo Monkeys and Theatre Royal Plymouth production.
An unflinchingly brutal and poetic story of crime, addiction, and redemption.
Today I killed my very first bird! I done it in silence, didn’t utter a word.
Are we born broken or conditioned by our environment? Do the choices we make define us? Can we ever truly escape the trauma that shapes our lives?
A darkly comic and stylish rollercoaster ride through 24 hours in the life of an East London villain. Drugs, violence, and dirty deals are a regular part of life, but when a job goes badly wrong, he’s forced to explore the conditioning that turned him from an innocent child into a monster.
Voodoo Monkeys is a new collaboration between writer & performer Jason Brownlee and director & engagement specialist Lee Hart. The company’s first show, "Today I Killed My Very First Bird" is a theatrical exploration of Jason’s lived experience told through poetry, performance & storytelling.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
AGE GUIDANCE: 18+
TRIGGER WARNINGS: THIS SHOW CONTAINS INSTANCES OF STRONG/RACIST LANGUAGE, DRUG REFERENCES, THEMES OF ABUSE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE, AND CHILDHOOD TRAUMA THROUGHOUT.
7:30pm -8:30pm: Post Film Discussion – “What barriers stand in the way of our creative voices being heard and how can we overcome them together?”
Lee Hart and Neil Coles from Mental Fight Club will lead a discussion alongside Writer/Performer Jason Brownlee into themes raised by the film and examine the personal, structural, and institutional barriers which artists face when producing and sharing work.
Booking is not required but if you would like to book for the evening please follow this link.
How to Find Us:
The Events listed above will be held at The Marylebone Theatre and all are welcome!
Full Address: Marylebone Theatre
Rudolf Steiner House
35 Park Rd,
London
NW1 6XT
The venue is a 5 minute walk from Baker Street Station.
BY TUBE
The nearest underground stations are Marylebone, accessible via Bakerloo line, and Baker Street served by the Bakerloo, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee and Metropolitan lines. Both stations are only 5 minutes' walk from Marylebone Theatre.
BY TRAIN
Marylebone Theatre is 5 minutes' walk from Marylebone train station. Euston and Paddington train stations are 25 minutes walk from Marylebone Theatre. King's Cross St. Pancras station is 15 minutes by tube from Baker Street station.
BY BUS
The following bus routes stop right in front of Marylebone Theatre: 13, 113, 139, 189, 274, N113.
We hope you can all join us for this very exciting day!
