LIFE UNDER THE SUN - PART 1
“What good is it to gain the whole world but lose your soul?”
STARTLING AND AMBITIOUS
KING SOLOMON HAD IT ALL
700 wives, gold in the billions and the power of a whole kingdom. He studied the stars, penned poetry and proverbs, bashed out businesses, whimsied over wisdom…
And he was bored. Deeply bored. The kind of bored that only a man with too much time and money on his hands can be. None of it satisfied.
A theatre show that explores the biggest question of all:
“What’s the point?”
Features underpants, pompous man-servants, self-deprecating witticisms, an existential crisis and one giant hangover…
INFO
Well described as Blackadder meets the Bible, Life Under The Sun - Part 1 is a dark comedy based on the book of Ecclesiastes.
- 1 hour show with optional 10-20 minute Q&A.
- Minimal tech requirements, adaptable for a venue of any size.
- Recommended age 14+, mature themes, mild language and underpants.
- Show is available in either English or Finnish language versions.
- Guide price of £450/€500 + Travel, I am open to negotiation.
Previous performances include Britain (Bedford Fringe, Guildford Fringe, Shaftesbury Fringe), Sweden (Gothenburg Fringe), Finland (OFF Tampere, Siltoja Festivaali), and venues in Norway, Germany, Australia and Canada.
Translator (Finnish version): Elisa Bathurst
4*
"Few works of visual arts down the centuries can boast of matching Scripture's vision of Solomon's magnificent desolation as it is rendered in Holy prose. Bathurst's startling and ambitious 'Life Under The Sun' is one of them."
