Catch ‘Big Boys Don’t Cry’ at the Tobacco Factory next week

Catch ‘Big Boys Don’t Cry’ at the Tobacco Factory next week

Posted on: 19 Jan 2022

The two-man show; presented by Opposable Thumb Theatre, Nordland Visual Theatre and the London International Mime Festival; is showing at the Bristol theatre for four days only next week.

 

‘Big Boys Don’t Cry’ will be at the Tobacco Factory Theatre from 26 January till 29 January and sees Dik Downey and Adam Blake explore the idea of manhood. 

 

Tickets for this show can be found on the Tobacco Factory Theatres website

 

 

Created by Downey and Blake, the play asks all the most important questions about masculinity. Are they manly? Or are they not manly enough? Using a variety of miscellaneous and wacky items, they take a comprehensive look at what it means to be a modern man. 

 

From the makers of ‘Coulrophobia’ (the story of two clowns trapped in a cardboard world), ‘Big Boys Don’t Cry’ is an emotional and humorous play that incorporates emotionally frank stories into a world of dance, clowns, and puppets.

The cast of Downey and Blake is a tried and tested one with the former a highly talented performer and puppet maker and the latter a classically trained actor specialising in comedy.

 

With Opposable Thumb Theatre specialising in puppetry and clown and Nordland Visual Theatre as well as and London International Mime Festival key to developing visual theatre around the world, the three companies’ collaboration for the show has all the ingredients of something special.

 

Tickets for the show – which runs between Wednesday 26 and Saturday 29 January - are £16 for a standard ticket and £12 for concessions. Buy your tickets now from the theatre website.

 

As well as ‘Big Boys Don’t Cry’, The Tobacco Factory Theatre have an impressive roster of upcoming events including: ‘Women Who Gave No F*cks’, ‘Police Cops: Badass Be Thy Name’ and ‘First Time’.


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Article by:

Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.