An intimate tour-de-force of the spoken word. Nick is a passionate, and flexible performer, with a tale to tell and admirable vulnerability. - Gscene
Rising star of the spoken word scene - (Time Out)
Ovalhouse and Nick Field Presents
The Cosmos, The Cosmetics
by Nick Field
- Thu 16 Feb – Sat 18 Feb, 7:45pm
Venue: Upstairs
Please note that, regrettably, the upstairs theatre is not currently accessible for wheelchair users.
Nick Field's powerful, resonant and intimate story tells of the struggle to find a place to belong as the 20th Century offers a colourful swan song of underground culture, from the monochrome of Goth clubs to the day-glo of New Age raves.
Woven with tales of an eccentric rural youth, lush poetic meditations on the nature of decorated and altered skin and delicious humour, this odyssey of discovery is Spoken Word theatre at its most thrilling.
The Cosmos, The Cosmetics is produced by Ovalhouse and Nick Field
- Thu 16 Feb – Sat 18 Feb, 7:45pm
Additional information
Nick Field is a Spoken Word artist and poet with a background on playwriting. He draws on theatre and live art to create evocative, bittersweet and richly lyrical spoken word pieces.
Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
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