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Simon Munnery remains the true
embodiment of alternative comedy. Buckethead is just one piece of
proof for this. Imagine an undefined time in the future: people have
taken to wearing buckets on their heads. The what and why of this
construct occupies the monologues which create the play. Munnery's
wit, Dadaist intellect and superior wordplay dissect the reasoning -
is it compliance, defiance or a cringing desire for anonymity? Munnery
manages to make it all sound plausible.
His stand-up inhabits the same world. It
might not always have a visible destination, but sometimes the journey
really is more important than the getting there. With Simon Munnery as
navigator, there's sure to be surreal extrapolations and cogitations
over those points where Munnery's world collides with that which most
of the rest of us inhabit. And there might also be some harmonica
playing.
Simon Munnery is Indisputably one of
the most unique performers on the UK comedy scene, and has created the
likes of Alan Parker - Urban Warrior, The League Against
Tedium and Noble Thoughts Of A Noble Mind. He has also
written for TV and radio, notably Attention Scum (BBC2) and
Sony Award winning 29 Minutes of Truth (Radio 1).
'As always, Munnery has his finger on
the pulse of something ghastly'
List
'..gags so perfectly crafted they should be on display at Tate Modern'
Chortle
'One could say Buckethead is a futuristic meditation on the futility
of resistance to inevitable capitalist domination, but you are usually
too busy laughing to care'
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