A musical AND a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That's bobbins!
The Church of The Fall (nominated for Best Spoken Word and winner of Greater Manchester Spirit Of The Fringe, 2021) is one soul’s celebration of the work of the late writer, musician and working-class genius, Salford's Mark E. Smith and his group The Fall. Mark E. Smith was comfortably larger than life, with bacchanalian tales to match but the art is always bigger than the artist and so, OK, he was maybe ‘no Mandela’ but could Mandela have ever given us a tune as banging as say, ‘Spoilt Victorian Child’?
Fall fandom is often dismissed as the ‘cult of The Fall’ but this music is too divine to belong to a cult! The Fall should be a broad church! You don’t need to love The Fall to love this show, you just need to love music! There will be love, music and laughter ‘COME ONE COME ALL, TO THE CHURCH OF THE FALL! (FREE pint and FREE entry for ex-Fall members).
Stephen G. Titley is a writer, standup, actor, singer and (dad) dancer - http://stephen-g-titley.co.uk/ or @stevecomic @COTFShow or @ChurchOfTheFall on Twitter.
“Such a crucial part of the UK theatre ecology… Developing artists and audiences”
The Guardian
