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(you are invited to join a gang) Come over to the South Side! NOW! Tonight!

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Well, hello there.

I hope you are having the best day of your life, or, maybe it’s tomorrow, who knows. anyway i hope you’re alright. me? how’s my day? Well, I’ve spent a inappropriately long time standing out the back in the rain. Mostly because I’ve just planted some grass seed and I think I have a real shot at a lawn and watching that process is important to me. So thanks, it’s really nice of you to ask about me, about my day, you’re good like that. Enough chit chat!

This is an update targeted at the small but fervent members of the S. BOW Grand Street Gang on the island of Australia, specifically the Melbourne corner, so anyone anywhere else in the world (you know who you are) - Antarctica, UKingdom, Siberia, Kuala Lumpur, Panama, Canary Islands, Arctic Circle (that includes you Tromso!) or anywhere I’ve forgotten to mention including Canada (who I forgot on purpose) get back to work! This is not for you and it would be rude to pry.

Good. It’s just us now. lets talk frank. 

I need back up. The Gang needs back up! I’ve been working my magic legs off down on Southbank, down at the Malthouse, winning new territory, but it’s a tough side of town. I know what you’re thinking, “what are you doing down there? That’s where the big gangs hang out, it’s dangerous” 

Yep you’re right, there are some big gangs, the Warhol Weiwei Gang, there’s a whole bunch of MTC gangs with big white pipes and even one a gang with Marcia Hines in it. “Stu, you’re just a little peanut with a tin foil helmet on. What are you doing?” 

Honestly, I have no idea! I need back up. Please spread the word. This is the meeting place: Malthouse Theatre, TUES - SAT 7pm, SUN 6pm until the 17th of April. AND don’t leave it to the last minute, I need back up NOW. Tell people - invite you’re old school friends, your work colleagues, your neighbours, the internet even, yes invite the internet. Tell them to go to join the She Was Probably Not A Robot *Gang.

It’s not all bad on the south of the bridge though. Don’t be scared, I’ve been building some alliances with other powerful splinter gangs:

The Wil Greenway Gang is hairy, fierce but fair and strong in the field using words as weapons. Zoe McDonald, a powerfully formidable force. Adrienne Truscott, a deadly grip and wrestling aficionado. Damian Callinan a well dressed swing dancer with an extraterrestrial alliance. There’s an uprising on the way! AHAAAHHHAHAHA!!!   

So come on down! Let’s do this.

Now I’m going to get back to the grass.

*it's just my show, there's nothing actually gang related in the content of the show, I'm just using that as a flashy, attention seeking PR angle, sorry. Although I do believe theatre: the act of gathering, creating community, uniting with ideas; is a political act. Anyhoo.

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SHE WAS PROBABLY NOT A ROBOT - ADELAIDE

★★★★★ "Delightfully quirky, lo-fi weirdness from a truly gifted performer." Adelaide Theatre Guide 

★★★★ "A sight to behold" - The Clothesline

★★★★ "An off-beat, absurdist, endearingly funny one-man show" Kryztoff

★★★★ "fantastical, ludicrous, funny and heartfelt." Indaily

SHE WAS PROBABLY NOT A ROBOT - MELBOURNE

★★★★ and 1/2 "Bowden is a talented theatre maker. His piece is punchy, he boasts some seriously decent vocal chords, does great things with looping vocals, and he manages to tell a completely absurd tale in a compelling manner." - Arts Hub

"In this darkly hilarious and utterly charming show, Bowden has crafted an absolute winner" - Squirrel Comedy

She Was Probably Not a Robot at Malthouse for MICF.

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Tonight I'm previewing my 23 show run of She Was Probably Not A Robot at The Malthouse for Comedy Festival. Come check it out (if you please). It's a bit of a newer version of the show (the basic structure is the same). Oh and I've moved back to Melbourne to be based here so if it goes badly, well... yeah, this is pretty much make or break for the future of my career in Australia, so, yeah come along.

Cool as fog (to my knowledge fog is the coolest of the moistures).

OH and as a little prize for reading this far, here is a secret code for 2 for 1 tickets: ROBOT241 - pretty sweet code hey? It will be available for the first week only)

Important details:

THE IMPORTANT DETAILS

The Malthouse Theatre

23 MAR - 17 APRIL (no show on Mondays)

7pm (6pm on Sundays)

TICKETS

★★★★★ "he creates a hilarious, bittersweet and completely enthralling world" - Three Weeks

★★★★★ "utterly compelling from the start to finish" - Broadway Baby

★★★★★ "Phenomenal one man wonder show... Stuart Bowden is an absolute genius... With live music, bizarre storytelling and perfect physical comedy, She Was Probably Not A Robot will leave you with a skip in your step and a smile on your heart" - Edinburgh Guide

★★★★ "gorgeous notes of melancholia" - The Scotsman

"a subliminal masterpiece" - The Stage

★★★★ "Deliciously bleak humour... laugh out loud funny and heartbreakingly poignant" - Exeunt

"A combination of live music, poignant storytelling and physical comedy, She Was Probably Not A Robot is heartbreaking, thought-provoking and laugh out loud funny." - Perth Now

"Minimal, rough, surreal and hilarious. There’s also a darkness to the content that keeps sentimentality at bay." -Crikey

★★★★ "Side-splittingly funny, heart-wrenching and utterly absurd this is a beautiful piece of theatre from one of Tuxedo Cat’s finest. Stunning." - Adelaide Advertiser 

"Bowden has a firm grasp on how to create an understated image using the simplest means. Using nothing more than a few boxes, some instruments and a loop pedal, he takes the audience to the end of the universe in the profoundest of simple ways." - The Public Reviews
 

★★★★ "He hits just the right balance of funny and sad, knowing exactly when to pull back on the wistfulness and punctuate it with something grotesque or absurd. Bowden has crafted a superb storytelling show and while it has a fringe vibe it’s deserving of a much wider audience." - SBS Comedy

★★★★ and a 1/2
"with its ridiculous humour, highly original plot and artfully-questionable use of props and blocking, this laugh-out-loud production is not one audiences are likely to forget" - Adelaide Theatre Guide

★★★★  and a 1/2 "Stuart Bowden is a smart guy. He has created a very funny and whimsical show about something that’s actually quite serious. Excellent!" - Rip It Up Magazine

"This fantastic show is hugely entertaining and touchingly funny... a remarkable, handmade odyssey... Outstanding show" - Fringe Review

"a heartwarming, melancholic and hilarious work of lo-fi storytelling" - The Music

Probably Not A Robot in London

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December 11th, 12th and 13th

Camden People's Theatre | 7.30pm

TICKETS

Invite your friends

Off the back of a critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe season multi-award winning Australian theatre maker Stuart Bowden presents the London premier of 

She Was Probably Not A Robot.

She Was Probably Not A Robot

 is a lo-fi, DIY, off-beat, sci-fi, storytelling experience; a surreal, soulful comedy about a decomposing world and a cosmic visitor.  When the world ends in flood and fire, one man, asleep on his air-mattress, floats out of his bedroom window, through burning debris and out to sea to be the sole survivor and last hope for humanity. This is an enchanting tale adorned with simple storytelling and physical comedy. Stuartʼ s smartly crafted writing, combined with his joyful performance makes for an uplifting tale of loneliness, grief, hope and silliness.

Nominated for the 

Brighton Fringe Emerging Talent Award

, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013.

The Adelaide Advertiser Review for Stuart Bowden in She Was Probably Not a Robot

★★★★★

"he creates a hilarious, bittersweet and completely enthralling world"

Three Weeks

★★★★★

"utterly compelling from the start to finish"

Broadway Baby

★★★★★

"Phenomenal one man wonder show... Stuart Bowden is an absolute genius... With live music, bizarre storytelling and perfect physical comedy, She Was Probably Not A Robot will leave you with a skip in your step and a smile on your heart"

Edinburgh Guide

★★★★

"gorgeous notes of melancholia"

The Scotsman

"a subliminal masterpiece"

The Stage

★★★★

"Deliciously bleak humour... laugh out loud funny and heartbreakingly poignant"

Exeunt

December 11th, 12th and 13th

Camden People's Theatre | 7.30pm

TICKETS

Camden

 People's

 Theatre

58-60 Hampstead Road

London NW1 2PY, United Kingdom

+44 20 7419 4841

Some nice things that people have said about my work

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She Was Probably Not A Robot


★★★★★
"he creates a hilarious, bittersweet and completely enthralling world"
Three Weeks, UK

★★★★★
"utterly compelling from the start to finish"
Broadway Baby, UK

★★★★★
"Phenomenal one man wonder show... Stuart Bowden is an absolute genius... With live music, bizarre storytelling and perfect physical comedy, She Was Probably Not A Robot will leave you with a skip in your step and a smile on your heart"
Edinburgh Guide, UK

★★★★
"gorgeous notes of melancholia"
The Scotsman, UK

"a subliminal masterpiece"
The Stage, UK

★★★★
"Deliciously bleak humour... laugh out loud funny and heartbreakingly poignant"
Exeunt, UK

The Beast

★★★★
'A story that'll work its way into your soul. Quietly beautiful, a gift'
The List, UK

'An enchanting and very different slice of storytelling'
The Stage, UK

★★★★
'laugh out loud humour, sparks of surreal brilliance and moments of touching melancholy. Unfolding like a dream, this is an off beat gem'
Three Weeks, UK

'effortlessly strong performer... He has us enraptured'
Fest, UK

'an hour of innocent, heartfelt fun with some truly inventive musical interludes... displaying a perfect gift for pathos'
Scotsman, UK

★★★★
'Touching in simplicity'
The Adelaide Advertiser, AUS

★★★★
'Unique and charming'
The Adelaide Theatre Guide, AUS

'Bowden confirms my opinion he is one of the most prepossessing and honest storytellers we have the pleasure of seeing once a year'
No Plain Jane, AUS

The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us

★★★★
'narrative ingenuity and boundless charm as a performer… casts a heady spell and for an entire hour, Bowden holds everyone together in silent reverie'
Metro, UK

★★★★
'This is an utterly charming one-man show, but it is not just an exercise in theatrical whimsy, it is thoughtful and thought-provoking… a glowing endorsement for DIY theatre-making…Bowden will be one to watch as his fusion of live music-making and storytelling is joyous and full of sparkle'
Fringe Review, UK

★★★★★
'Stuart Bowden creates a show of such beauty it will take your breath away… full of wit and charm, this is low-fi DIY storytelling theatre at it’s very best'
Three Weeks, UK

★★★★
What’s On Stage, UK

The Lounge Room Confabulators

‘the narrative ingenuity behind this performance — infinitely clever, insidious and beguiling — is a rare treat.’  
The Age, AUS

★★★★
‘Awesomely talented’
The Herald Sun, AUS

★★★★
'Magical'
The List, UK

★★★★
'Masters of their craft'
Metro, UK

★★★★
'They are by turns funny, touching, macabre and ridiculous'
The Arts Desk, UK

Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown and His Singing Tiger

★★★★★
Fest, UK

★★★★★
The List, UK

★★★★★
The Skinny, UK

★★★★
Three Weeks, UK

★★★★
Chortle, UK

★★★★
The Herald Sun, AUS

★★★★ from Exeunt - She Was Probably Not A Robot and The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us

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"Deliciously bleak humour... laugh out loud funny and heartbreakingly poignant"

Exeunt, UK

The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us/She Was Probably Not a Robot at Brighton Dome

3rd November 2013

Reviewed by Tracey Sinclair

Four.

Two short plays about the end of the world might not sound like the most cheerful of experiences, but Stuart Bowden’s work wins you over with its surreal humour and lo-fi whimsy. Both of these seemingly slight pieces manage, in their own way, to be laugh out loud funny and heartbreakingly poignant.

The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us

 is set in an unhappy future where self-announced space explorer Avian sees the ills of mankind as a reflection of the fact the Earth itself is lonely. He sets out to remedy this by finding a friendly planet and towing it into our galaxy. Since loneliness is also the solo spaceman’s worst enemy, first he must train himself to withstand it, by abandoning the cities and going to live in the desert. But, as he discovers, life – and love – has a way of seeking you out, no matter how far you run.

The second, and more recent of the pieces, 

She Was Probably Not a Robot

, is initially bleaker still. It’s set in the aftermath of the apocalypse, and Bowden’s lone survivor spends the first few minutes standing on a bare stage, merrily telling members of the audience how they met their deaths. It’s darker, funnier and faster paced, as the lycra-clad, slacker protagonist seeks to avoid destruction, hurling himself around the auditorium on an inflatable mattress – a genuinely precarious endeavour in the intimate confines of a studio theatre.Out of what might sound like a fairly silly story, Bowden weaves an engaging tale, using nothing more than a handful of crates and a couple of musical instruments to pull us in to his deftly crafted world, ably switching between four different roles. The smart script is well married to Bowden’s affable, slightly bumbling persona, which disguises an adept, subtle use of physical comedy. There are occasional moments of heavy handedness – his spaceship is called The Story, and people are continually being invited into or out of it or getting lost inside it – but overall this is a funny, melancholic meditation on love and loneliness.

Its deliciously bleak humour once again relies heavily on Bowden’s likeability, but luckily he’s charismatic enough to carry it (you can’t imagine many performers telling a story about putting their dead girlfriend’s head on a stick and taking it for a walk, and managing to make it both hilarious and actually quite romantic). But this, too, is a weightier tale than it at first seems; as the story progresses, we see that even the end of the world has not stripped away the survivor’s delusions, as he fetishizes the girlfriend who had left him and the relationship he never, in fact, really had. The apocalypse, ironically, has let him create the life he always wanted and freed him from the inconvenience of everyday existence: dead girlfriends can’t leave you, dead dogs can’t run away.

So when an alien who has been painstakingly constructing a replacement planet (Bowden with a silver cardboard box on his head, entertainingly dotty) offers him a second chance, which he ruthlessly snatches (happily murdering his doppelganger so he can take his place) you wonder if his new life is as much an artificial construct as the world he lives it out on.

Though both shows work as standalone pieces – and have been performed separately – together their cumulative charm is considerable. If you’re going to be stranded at the end of the world, you couldn’t wish for better company.

She Was Probably Not A Robot | Edinburgh reviews

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★★★★★
"he creates a hilarious, bittersweet and completely enthralling world with a rag-tag homemade feel"

★★★★★
"utterly compelling from the start to finish"

★★★★★
"With live music, bizarre storytelling and perfect physical comedy, She Was Probably Not A Robot will leave you with a skip in your step and a smile on your heart"

★★★★
"gorgeous notes of melancholia"

"a subliminal masterpiece"

The Stage | Edinburgh Fringe review | She Was Probably Not A Robot

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"

a subliminal masterpiece"

She Was Probably Not a Robot

Underbelly, Cowgate

Theatre

 Reviewed by 

Thom Dibdin

Stuart Bowden does not so much swim through his storytelling show, he positively luxuriates and wallows in it, keeping the audience onside in their expectations of comedy as he allows his quirky humour to shine and carefully negotiates his audience into a splendid silence.

For the opening minutes he simply plays with a Casio piano, singing inane little doodling songs in perfect falsetto then deep bass, drawing the giggles as drops the knowledge that the audience are all dead into his script - to the expected hysterical edge of laughter.

It is this ability to know his audience and play with them that inspires. The story he draws, shaggy dog-style, into existence could be related with quite cruel effect in three or four minutes. A tale of a boy whose love has left him and who survives, alone, after the world ends - only to be picked up by an alien who just happens to have built an Earth replica to pass away the time.

Yet this doesn't feel like self-indulgence. The joy is in the telling. And the punchline reveal, that if someone walks out on you it isn't the end of the world, is a subliminal masterpiece.

The Scotsman | Edinburgh Fringe Review | She Was Probably Not A Robot

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★★★★
"gorgeous notes of melancholia"


Theatre review: She Was Probably Not a Robot




Edinburgh Fringe Scotsman review: She Was Probably Not a Robotat Underbelly Cowgate (Venue 61), reviewed by Matt Trueman

As the last remaining human, Bowden is here to tell his tale: how, asleep on an inflatable mattress, he floated upwards as the floodwater rose and rode the currents around the world. It’s like The Life of Pi, only with an Aussie hipster and a wooden hobby horse instead of an Indian boy and a tiger.Stuart Bowden is reminiscing about the day the human race died out. There was a huge flood, he explains, “You died.” He breaks the news with a soft compassionate smile. “You actually died really beautifully,” he tells a woman in the front: just dancing, oblivious to the ensuing oblivion. Then he looks down at his Casio keyboard and resumes his crappy falsetto aria.
Meanwhile, orbiting the Earth is an alien, Celeste – whom Bowden plays with a tin-foil-covered cardboard box on his head. For 25,000 years, she has been watching the Earth and building a replica. “It’s a hobby,” she says.
Like the inflatable mattress, Bowden’s story pretty much drifts wherever it pleases, but it is elevated above other fashionably surrealist yarns by its gorgeous notes of melancholia. More than other hipster manchildren – fellow Lounge Room Confabulator Will Greenway and Trygve Wakenshaw – Bowden feels like a grown man trying genuinely to recapture the freedoms of childhood. The resulting wistfulness cuts through the whimsy – even surviving his knowing, lackadaisical style that’s all throwaways and mood-killers.
It allows him to balance both humanity and humour. He has got a real intuition for clownish cycles and he’s better than ever at getting us playing along and joining in. Within ten minutes, we’re singing along and being clambered over by Bowden and his mattress-to-bear.
Running gags – Celeste’s abrupt exits, a dead dog on a stick – keep the momentum up and he’s happy to deviate for the sake of liveliness.
Yes, it’s idiot theatre – too wacky, too wispy – but Bowden injects just enough profundity to give it reason to exist.
The end of the world, he suggests, isn’t what bothers us, but the end of our world – our ex-girlfriends, our cosy flats, our favourite pets. Way up on Celeste’s replica world, Bowden takes a deep breath: “It smells a bit different.”

Edinburgh Guide | Edinburgh Fringe Reviews | She Was Probably Not A Robot

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★★★★★
"Performer and writer, Stuart Bowden, is an absolute genius"


She Was Probably Not A Robot Review

By Alex Eades - Posted on 13 August 2013
5

It has to be said that I had pretty low expectations for She Was Probably Not A Robot. I’m not sure why. Perhaps it was because the leaflet handed to me just showed a man with his head stuck in a box covered in silver foil. Perhaps it was the rather uninspiring title. Or perhaps it was because I had not come across a truly terrible show yet and felt that I was due.
Of course, perhaps as usual, my initially instincts proved to be completely and utterly wrong. Not only was She Was Probably Not A Robot a total delight, but it’s likely to be one of the best shows I see at the Fringe this year.
Everyone in the world is dead. All, that is, except one man who sets out to find the one he loves….and his dog.
If you are looking for an experience to just make you smile I urge you to go and see this phenomenal one man wonder show. Performer and writer, Stuart Bowden, is an absolute genius. Insanely surreal yet touchingly true, he has created a piece that can both crush and lift you in the blink of an eye.
With live music, bizarre storytelling and perfect physical comedy, She Was Probably Not A Robot will leave you with a skip in your step and a smile on your heart.
Endlessly inventive and superbly performed, I honestly cannot envision there being a funnier piece of theatre at the Fringe this year. An inspired piece of magic that needs to be seen to be believed.

Broadway Baby | Edinburgh Fringe review | She Was Probably Not A Robot

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★★★★★
"utterly compelling from the start to finish"





Broadway Baby Rating:

Stuart Bowden expertly manages to perform a rather sad and dark story in a completely hilarious way. This low-tech, DIY one man show about the end of the world and a woman from space manages to be funny, endearing, sad and absurd simultaneously. Alone on stage, describing the one he loves, Bowden shows vulnerability that is not often seen within comedy.The story takes place in the distant future, where Bowden is the sole survivor on Earth. He clings to the memory of his dead ex-girlfriend Victoria and his dead dog, Jasmine. He speaks to the moon and has an encounter with an outer space being, Celeste. Celeste has lived for 25,000 years and is quite an unusual character.
Even before the show starts there was a smattering of giggles at Bowden’s sheet-clad presence on stage. The giggles and laughs continue when he describes in detail how the audience members will die. Then the laughter never dies. Having seen some of Bowden’s previous shows I can say that this performance is much more comic than his earlier work. He is first and foremost a storyteller and this surreal story carries a dark undertone, even touching on themes such as insanity. Bowden’s character copes with his loneliness in a very disturbing way but the sincerity and innocence of Bowden’s portrayal makes it light-hearted. Just when a scene is starting to become too serious or tragic he undercuts it with a joke. Transitions between Bowden’s character and Celeste’s character are hilarious and use of music is fitting. If you are familiar with the work of Phil Burgers (Dr. Brown) and his clowning skills then you will find similarities within this play, seeing as Bowden and Burgers have been collaborating on this show and Bowden has included some clowning skills, listening to every sound from the audience and including it in the performance.
Combined with his soft musicianship and immediate likeability this show is utterly compelling from the start to finish.

ThreeWeeks | Edinburgh Fringe reviews | She Was Probably Not A Robot

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★★★★★
"It’s richly emotional, quietly beautiful, and an absolute joy to watch"

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ED2013 Theatre Review: She Was Probably Not A Robot (Stuart Bowden)


Superb solo storyteller Stuart Bowden returns to the Fringe with a comedy about the end of the world, and what happened after. It’s a familiar set-up given an offbeat and appealingly twisted telling, full of daft slapstick, impeccably timed comic understatement and shiver inducing, straight-to-the heart observational poetry. Bowden’s performance is amicable and absorbing as both the pleasantly deranged sole survivor of the apocalypse and an androgynous alien with an interest in arts, crafts, and building replica planets. With the aid of some tinfoil, a bed sheet and a few simple musical loops, he creates a hilarious, bittersweet and completely enthralling world with a rag-tag homemade feel. It’s richly emotional, quietly beautiful, and an absolute joy to watch.
Underbelly Cowgate, until 25 Aug (not 12, 19), 4.10pm.
tw rating 5/5 | [Dave Fargnoli]
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These are the shows I'm doing in Edinburgh this year

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She Was Probably Not A Robot




















This is my shiny new tin-foil-clad solo creation. If you saw The Beast or The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us, this is a much darker but sillier show than those. It's stupid, sad and strange. It has more of a tormented (playfully) quality to it. Out of all of my solo shows I've had the most fun making this one. And I have the most fun performing it. If you're going to be in Edinburgh or know anyone who is, please come and invite anyone you think might be into that sort of thing. This is the Facebook event if that helps

I'm also doing this show:

Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown and His Singing Tiger













This is back for it's third year, but this time only for two shows so please book in advance. It's a show for everyone.

And down here you'll find a secret:

The Lounge Room Confabulators
















This is a last minute addition to my Edinburgh offerings. A show that comes to you. My good friend and master storyteller Wil Greenway, is bringing his solo show A Night to Dismember, to Edinburgh. So we're re-uniting to re-kindle the show that we performed two years ago The Lounge Room Confabulators. This show is performed in peoples homes. The way it works is one person invites us round, they invite their friends, we show up and perform to them and then we leave. And it's pretty cheap too, you just have to pay £5 per person (minimum 6 people) and £20 to cover our taxi to and from your place. If you are interested in booking this show please send an email to talesinyourloungeroom@gmail.com and we can work out a time and date.

She Was Probably Not A Robot | Edinburgh Previews | Battersea Arts Centre

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JULY 16 -17

7.30

Battersea Arts Centre


Multi award-winning Australian theatre maker Stuart Bowden (The Beast, The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us) presents his latest prototype invention, a lo-fi-DIY-sci-fi-off-beat-storytelling experience.


Stuart is the co-creator of The Lounge Room Confabulators and also the Singing Tiger in his award-winning collaboration with Dr Brown.


His newest creation is a rambunctious live music/storytelling combo; a surreal, soulful comedy about a decomposing world and a cosmic visitor.

I want to test something out on you, it probably won't hurt

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SHE WAS PROBABLY NOT A ROBOT - WORK IN PROGRESS 
I'm making a show. I want to test it out on you. I will be sharing the prototype of my latest invention. I hope it will be an interesting glimpse into my process and an opportunity for you to influence the upbringing of this strange creature.
2 1   J U N E
7.30pm
Canal Cafe Theatre
Delamere Terrace, Little Venice, London, W2 6ND

The Blurb:

Multi-award winning theatre maker Stuart Bowden (The Beast and The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us) tests out his prototype invention, a lo-fi, DIY, off-beat, sci-fi, storytelling experience. Surreal, soulful comedy about a decomposing world and a cosmic visitor.

'Sparks of surreal brilliance and moments of touching melancholy' ★★★★ (ThreeWeeks). 


'Effortlessly strong performer ... he has us enraptured' (FestMag.co.uk). 


'Quietly beautiful, a gift' ★★★★ (List). 


'An hour of innocent, heartfelt fun with some truly inventive musical interludes ... displaying a perfect gift for pathos' (Scotsman).