The Nunkie Theatre Company is one man, and that man is Robert Lloyd Parry. If you are anything of a fan of M. R. James then you probably are (or certainly should) already be familiar with Robert’s incredibly evocative one man performances of the late, great antiquary’s ghost stories.
I have never yet had the pleasure of seeing Robert perform live but we have a mutual friend in Brian J. Showers of Swan River Press (and several others, as these things usually go). It was Brian who first introduced me to Nunkie via one of their excellent DVDs (which, along with CDs can and should be purchased here) and I’ve been a big fan of Robert’s work ever since.
Robert is about to embark upon a 27 date tour of the UK with his new one man production of H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine.
1895. In a suburban garden, beneath a waning moon, a bedraggled man lies beside a remarkable machine. He has a story to tell. A story of darkness and light. Of fire and fear. An unbelievable story of the future, that he insists is true. Is it a Joke? A prophecy? A dream?
I’m lucky enough to have been invited to give a pre-show talk at one of his performances. The gig is on Saturday the 20th of June at Square Chapel in Halifax. My talk is titled Travels in text: the Time Traveller’s influence upon popular fiction and will be given at 7pm in the bar before the show, which starts at 8.
It would be fantastic to see you there but even if you ‘re not near Halifax you should definitley do your very best to get to one of the other shows (eight of which also have free pre show talks by other writers, critics, historians and scientists).
A full performance schedule can be found at www.nunkie.co.uk