HALF A PERSON: MY LIFE AS TOLD BY THE SMITHS was originally commissioned by FLY-ON-THE-WALL THEATRE. It was premiered as part of the 2007 Feast Festival in Adelaide, Australia and subsequently was produced in Sydney (2008) with two seasons in Melbourne (2010) at Chapel Off Chapel, directed by Robert Chuter and performed by David Foster and then Mark Taylor. Music Re-Creation by SIMON POLINKSI and COLIN BERWICK. It was then presented by Cross Cut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012, directed by Donald Pulford and performed by Joseph Murray.
Thanks to: Robert Chuter & Christopher Pender at Fly-On-The-Wall Theatre & Laundry Goat in Melbourne, Australia.
Half a Person – My life as told by The Smiths
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William is too smart for his long-black-drinking, tight-jeans-wearing, emo-hairstyle-sporting, The-Smiths-worshipping good. He only exists to devour coffee, despise ‘people’ and worship the patron saint of wrist-slashing: Steven Patrick Morrissey. He stumbles from café to cemetery in search of a companion or maybe just a confidante. He runs headlong into Salome; the obtuse, obstructive, agent of seduction that slithers her way into his addictive personality. Meanwhile, the best friend that he never knew he might not have one day, Rick, is struggling with his own desire for William and his dwindling mortality. William is trapped in a terrible triangle; the girl of his dreams treats him like dirt, his best friend is in love with him and on top of this, The Smiths have broken up. Beautifully dark, funny and painfully touching, this play is set to the music of The Smiths.
| Cast | 1 male |
|---|---|
| Year | 2006 |
| Running Time | 90 mins |
| No of Prods | 8 |
