2 – 4 November

Following on from the success of STILL FLOATING, Shôn Dale-Jones, “The Great Welsh Storyteller” (Lyn Gardner) is back in his home-city, Bristol with CRACKING, a new dark and comic story that blends fiction and reality into one seamless whole.

When Shôn playfully cracks an egg on his mother’s head, he has no idea real-life internet trolls will appear on his doorstep. CRACKING takes on the battle between love and hate, asking what’s funny and where we draw the line. Part stand-up, part theatre CRACKING is a funny, touching and thought-provoking solo performance that sews together fact and fiction into one seamless whole making us wonder what’s real, what’s not and what’s gone wrong.

CRACKING was originally developed as a radio play for BBC Radio 4, and following its broadcast on 17 August 2023 was recommended as Pick of The Week. Told by two-time Fringe First winner, this uplifting story has  received phenomenal feedback and is now on tour from October 2023 into the spring of 2024.

Over the last 25 years Shôn Dale-Jones has written 27 theatre plays, five BBC radio dramas and a variety of short films and site specific work. His work has been translated into seven languages and been presented in 20 countries across 6 continents. He has co-produced worked with BBC Radio 4, Royal Court, Barbican, Sydney Opera House and National Theatre Wales. He has won several awards including the BBC Audio Drama Award, two Fringe Firsts, a Total Theatre Award and a nomination for the Prix Europa. Between 2016 -2019 he performed The Duke and Me & Robin Hood as fundraising events, raising £100,000 for charities working with vulnerable children.

ACKING is at The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol on Thursday 02 – Saturday 04 November 2023 from 7.30pm and tickets are available for £12 (£10 conc.) from the Box Office on: 0117 902 0344 or online at: www.thewardrobetheatre.com

CRACKING celebrates how searching for connection beats disconnecting and is a heart-warming and uplifting comic story about loving in the face of hatred, it’s one not to be missed!