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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.
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 ...
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.
Jan 12, 2006 · The real question is, I think, one of sentimentality. In Dumb Show , Richard Piper plays Barry, a vain and insecure tv celebrity. He becomes the target for entrapment by a pair of unscrupulous tabloid journalists, Greg (Aaron Blabey) and Liz (Anita Hegh), who disguise themselves as bankers and dangle the bait of a huge fee for a dinner talk.
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.
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 ...
