Spymonkey’s Moby Dick

Tue 20 Oct to Sat 24 Oct 2009

PLAYHOUSE

A glorious mis-telling of Melville’s epic novel

Four actors find themselves trapped in the belly of a literary monster. As they ponder the irony of their fate they recount a story of Moby Dick, sparkling with their own fantastical flourishes. The novel’s epic examination of good, evil, fate and obsession is lost on them. And then, mysteriously, found on them again.

Will Ahab’s thirst for revenge be unhinged by the well-meaning but staggeringly inept attentions of his crew? Now that he has found true love, is Ishmael still fated to be the sole survivor of the Pequod? How does a mermaid figurehead make babies? Will the cameo appearance by legendary actor Awesome Whales scupper everything? And how do you make a whale throw up?

A Spymonkey & Royal and Derngate Northampton co-production

Company

Performed by Aitor Basauri, Petra Massey, Toby Park & Stephan Kreiss

Directed by Jos Houben & Rob Thirtle

Stage Design Graeme Gilmour

Costume & Prop Design Lucy Bradridge

Lighting Design Phil Supple

Original Music Toby Park

'Fecund' music by Neil Filby & Toby Park, lyrics by Petra Massey

Sound Design Toby Park & Andy Purves

Choreography Barry Grantham, Janine Fletcher

Company Stage Manager Nick Hill

Technical Manager Andy Purves

Production Manager Bob Holmes

Company Production Manager Tanya Peters

Studio Photography Corné van der Stelt

Graphic & Web Design Tork

Reviews

Spymonkey’s Moby Dick

“A bellyful of laughs”

Spymonkey’s Moby Dick

★★★★
“If laughter is the best form of therapy, Spymonkey are just the tonic”
The Times

Spymonkey’s Moby Dick

“Must be the funniest show on any stage in Britain”

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Spymonkey’s Moby Dick
Moby Dick // reviews

★★★★
“Gloriously anarchic, constantly entertaining”
The Times

“A bellyful of laughs”
The Guardian

“Four of the greatest clowns currently working in British theatre”
Time Out

“Must be the funniest show on any stage in Britain”
Birmingham Post

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