By Joseph Barnes-Phillips
Directed by Dominic Garfield
Presented by HighRise Theatre with Black Theatre Live & Stratford Circus Arts Centre.
When the euphoric highs of teenage life in south London collide with his mum’s terminal illness, all Rayleigh wants to do is watch anime in his pants and eat indomie.
Love, life and masculinity meet head-on as Rayleigh tries to find his feet, torn between the new girl in his life and being there for his mum, while trying not to make the same mistakes as his dad.
With Guyanese folk stories, grime, roti and raucous energy, Big Foot is an honestly funny and impassioned portrayal of becoming a man and the responsibility that comes with it.
Click to listen again to Joe on BBC RADIO 4 LOOSE END
WRITEN AND PERFORMED BY: Joesph Barnes Phillips
DIRECTOR & DRAMATURG: Dominic Garfield
DRAMATURG: Josh Azouz
SET & COSTUME: Nik Corral
SOUND DESIGN: Max Pappenheim
LIGHTING DESIGN: Andy Grange
STAGE MANAGER: Rob McNally
PRODUCED BY: Jonathan Kennedy & Black Theatre Live
“WONDERFULLY ENTERTAINING, JOSEPH BARNES-PHILLIPS DELIVERS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE THROUGH HIS COLOSSAL PERFORMANCE.”
★★★★
“DOMINIC GARFIELD DIRECTS A COLOURFUL, HEART FELT AND HONEST PIECE. HIGHRISE THEATRE INVENTIVELY ASK QUESTIONS, AND START UP A CONVERSATION ON MASCULINITY”
★★★★
“PHILLIP’S LARGER THAN LIFE PERSONALITY STAMPED ACROSS THE STAGE, THERE IS A GENTLE YET PERSUASIVE MESSAGE ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF BECOMING A MAN.”
“BARNES-PHILLIPS TRANSFORMS THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM THE WAY A GOOD DJ DROPS AN UNEXPECTEDLY HARD BEAT ON AN UNSUSPECTING AUDIENCE.”
Touring October – November 2017
Further dates to be announced. For booking and touring information, please contact jonathan@tara-arts.com
World Premiere
Wed 4 – Sat 7 October, 7pm & Thurs 2pm + post show Q&A date TBC
STRATFORD CIRCUS ARTS CENTRE
Theatre Square, Stratford, London, E15 1BX
Box Office: 020 8279 1080
Thurs 12 October, 7.30pm
THEATRE ROYAL MARGATE
Addington Street, Margate, CT9 1PW
Box Office: 01843 292 795
Fri 13 October, 7.30pm
BREWHOUSE THEATRE & ARTS CENTRE
Coal Orchard, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1JL
Box Office: 01823 704 042
Sat 14 October, 7.30pm
ARTSDEPOT
5 Nether Street, North Finchley, London N12 0GA
Box Office: 020 8369 5454
Wed 18 October, 7.30pm
QUEEN’S HALL ARTS CENTRE
Beaumont Street, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 3LS
Box Office: 01434 652 477
Fri 20 & Sat 21 October, 7.45pm
KEY THEATRE
Embankment Road, Peterborough, PE1 1EF
Box Office: 01733 207 239
Wed 25 October, 7.30pm
THEATRE ROYAL BURY ST EDMUNDS
Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, 1P33 1QR
Box Office: 01284 769505
Thurs 26 October, 8pm
LIGHTHOUSE
21 Kingland Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1UG
Box Office: 01202 280 000
Sat 28 October, 8pm
DERBY THEATRE
15 Theatre Walk, St Peter’s Quarter, Derby, DE1 2NF
Box Office: 01332 59 39 39
Tues 31 October
CONTACT
Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6JA
Box Office: 0161 274 0600
Wed 1 to Sat 4 November, 7.30pm, Thurs matinee 2.30pm
TARA THEATRE
356 Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, London SW18 4ES
Box Office: 020 8333 4457
Wed 8 November, 7.45pm
LAWRENCE BATLEY THEATRE
Queens Square, Queens Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2SP
Box Office: 01483 430 528
Thurs 9 November, 7.30pm
LAKESIDE THEATRE
University Of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Square 5, Colchester, CO4 3SQ
Box Office: 01206 873 261
Fri 10 November, 7.30pm
UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN
70 Western Road, Leicester, LE3 OGA
