When Ben Targét was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2012 Edinburgh Comedy Awards, he was set on the path to becoming a critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning performance artist.
Eight years later, amidst a global pandemic, he gave it all up to become the live-in carer for his uncle: an irascible octogenarian prankster called Lorenzo Wong.
LORENZO is their story, a show that confronts the messiness of ageing and dying through the medium of storytelling, servitude to the audience and live carpentry, a combination not seen on the world stage since Nazareth circa 30AD.
This book is the full script of that life-affirming show, with illustrations by Targét himself. It was directed by Adam Brace, and was premiered at Summerhall, Edinburgh, during the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it was awarded a Fringe First. It subsequently transferred to Soho Theatre, London.
| ISBN: | 9781839042928 |
| Publication date: | 3rd October 2023 |
| Author: | Ben Targét |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 88 pages |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards) Plays, playscripts |
When Ben Targét was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2012 Edinburgh Comedy Awards, he was set on the path to becoming a critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning performance artist. Eight years later, amidst a global pandemic, he gave it all up to become the live-in carer for his uncle: an irascible octogenarian prankster called Lorenzo Wong.
Lorenzo features in the following genres: Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards), Plays, playscripts
Paperback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
Lorenzo was written by Ben Targét and published by Nick Hern Books
Lorenzo has 88 pages
Yes it is part of NHB Modern Plays series
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.