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Have Box Will Travel
Written and performed by Charlie
Dark
Directed and Co-developed by Benji
Reid
Monday 14 April
– Saturday 13 May
THE LYRIC HAMMERSMITH
LYRIC SQUARE, KING STREET,
W6 OQL
WWW.LYRIC.CO.UK
0871 22 117 26
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Have Box Will Travel is
a grown-up one-man show created and performed by dynamic poetry performer
and DJ Charlie Dark.
Charlie Dark’s Have Box Will
Travel is a rites of passage story based on real events from his
incredible and prolific career so far. Be prepared to be transported
from a tiny bedroom in South London to the world of the super DJ in
80 beats and back again. With slick direction from Hip-Hop theatre favourite
Benji Reid and a soundtrack of club classics, Have Box Will Travel
fuses performance poetry, storytelling and DJ-ing to create an energetic
and refreshing show for music lovers, dancers and anyone who has ever
dreamt of making it big.
Charlie Dark is a London-based
poet, writer and DJ. He is one third of the hip-hop inspired trio Attica
Blues and has toured around the globe (both independently and with the
band) to points as far dispersed as Tokyo, New York and Berlin. He makes
regular appearances on the literature and spoken word circuit, is an
experienced tutor and workshop facilitator, and was a Poet Coach for
the London Teenage Poetry SLAM for three consecutive years.
Hip-Hop theatre pioneer, Benji
Reid is a graduate of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
He has been creating Hip-Hop theatre for over ten years and his own
work includes 13 Mics for Contact Theatre. As a director Benji’s
credits include Jonzi D’s Aeroplane and the hip-hop musical
Avalanche at Nottingham Playhouse. Benji is currently developing
his new one-man show Let It B which will tour in Spring 2009.
Joining Charlie Dark and Benji
Reid for this production will be Lighting Designer, Chahine Yavroyan.
PRODUCED BY THE BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY
THEATRE IN ASSOCIATION WITH BREAKING CYCLES.
CO-COMMISSIONED BY LYRIC HAMMERSMITH AND PUNCH WITH SUPPORT FROM CONTACT
THEATRE
LISTINGS INFORMATION
Dates14 April –03 May
(Lyric Hammersmith) Time
8.00pm
Meet The Company post-show
Q&A: Wednesday 23 April
Tickets: ?12 / ?9 concessions
Bookings: 0871 22 117 26 www.lyric.co.uk
I ¤ Music – Free Club Night / Sat 03 May
/ Lyric Hammersmith
Charlie founded Blacktronica,
a monthly showcase of British Black electronic music at the ICA and
BFI. After the last show of Have Box Will Travel, he’ll be
doing a DJ set until the last tube home. Bring your favourite vinyl
and cds for requests. Admission free.
