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Like Joe Penhall's National Theatre multi-award-winning masterpiece, Blue/Orange, his latest play, Dumb Show is a psychological three-hander that focuses on the inner turmoil of its central character. Following the sentiments of the Smokey Robinson song, it shows us The Tears of a Clown.
Sep 1, 2004 · Three years on, Penhall is back with a new play, Dumb Show. This one, he says, starts with "three people in a room talking about a chicken joke". But then it evolves into a satire on "the monster ...
Dumb Show was Joe Penhall's 2004 play at the Royal Court and is now revived at The Rose in Kingston in a production by artistic director Stephen Unwin. It is a clever comedy with several twists and turns about the symbiotic relationship between celebrities and the predatory tabloid press as well as a starting point for a discussion about privacy and the public's so called right to know.
Oct 14, 2004 · Douglas Hodge is all teeth in Joe Penhall's latest play, "Dumb Show," which only redoubles the wish for more bite in the writing. Playing Barry, a down-on-his-luck comic entertainer and TV name ...
Feb 13, 2009 · Joe Penhall's Dumb Show is a play that on the surface looks simple and seems to be a dream for small theatre companies and youngish performers. There are three juicy roles, basically a single set ...
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Jan 12, 2006 · Ironically enough, without the profanity (I am a courteous and restrained individual) that was more or less my sentiment at the end of Penhall’s Dumb Show, a play about the mutual parasitic relationship between celebrity and tabloid journalism. It’s a classic issue-based play, setting up a confrontation with enough moral ambivalence to keep the audience teetering to and fro in their ...
Lamar University’s Department of Theatre & Dance will present “Dumb Show,” Sept. 19-22, in the Studio Theatre. The play centers around two investigative journalists chasing to get the latest scoop for their tabloid magazine. Written by Joe Penhall, “Dumb Show” explores the theme of ethics in journalism and people as a whole.
