The Fishing Story
I wrote The Fishing Story in early 2021, directed by Vivian Gladwell, Nose to Nose Clowning and co-scripted with writer Harry ter Haar. It’s an autobiographical one woman show performed in clown.
The Fishing Story was inspired when I heard of the death of my much older brother Alvin in 2014, I knew very little about Alvin. In 2015, I embarked on a journey to New Zealand/Aotearoa - where Alvin had lived for over 50 years, to find out more about his life.
The Fishing Story is a playful and darkly comic story of family complexities, set in the volcanic Northland of New Zealand/Aotearoa, there I discovered it is never too late to renew a relationship with relatives who have died.
I also drew on the spiritual scientific research of Rudolph Steiner, (1861-1925) and his the lectures on the importance of the links between the living and the so called dead.
And how
The Fishing Story is ready to tour from May to November 2023. And to tour New Zealand/Aotearoa in 2024.
If you are from a venue and interested in presenting The Fishing Story, please get in touch for an information pack.