Theatre

Beautiful People

Friday 18 November 2022

This theatre show is a hilariously funny dark comedy about aging and death. The work has been called 'existential clowning' by The Guardian. It won the top Herald Archangel Award in Edinburgh, and Lyn Gardner said that 'every laugh is like a sharp physical pain in the heart.'

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Bar opens 6:30 P.M.
Starts 7:30 P.M.
Advance £12.00
On the door £15.00

10% off for members

Unreserved Seating

Book online at any time, at the Lyme Regis Bookshop and Bridport Tourist Information Centre during normal opening hours, the Marine on Monday and Friday mornings 10 – 1, and over the phone on 01308 424901. The displayed price includes a £1 restoration levy.

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This theatre show is a hilariously funny dark comedy about aging and death. The work has been called 'existential clowning' by The Guardian. It won the top Herald Archangel Award in Edinburgh, and Lyn Gardner said that 'every laugh is like a sharp physical pain in the heart.'

It used to be called ‘Die! Die! Die! Old People Die!’ but they had to change the title after the pandemic. In Scotland, however, they’ve complained about the change of title, and want us to revert to the old one. The show is about an incredibly old couple called Violet and Norman. They’re 120. It takes them a full ten minutes to sit down in a chair. Then another five to get up again and fart. Things speed up occasionally when it’s time for coffee, or when a shady figure called Arthur arrives and stirs confusing memories of a love triangle. 

‘Every laugh is like a sharp physical pain in the heart.’

Lyn Gardner, Stage Door