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  • Mad Jacks presents

    This Swollen Thing (WIP)

    Tues 10th March at 7:15pm
    Tickets £10 (+ booking fee)
    Abundant sensation collides with tumbling dissocia in this surreal and poetic new play about the feelings that compose a life, presented by award-winning company Mad Jacks Theatre.

    Our basement shows are currently inaccessible for wheelchair users due to a fault with our lift. We are working hard to fix this ASAP.

    “Tell me a story to remind me of feeling. And tell me now before I forget. True, bright, horrible, far far, up, up, up, up—”

    A nurse reads a birthday card with someone else’s name. Two boys play a game of Mario and Peach. Sisters confess. You tell me a story. Lovers meet. Friendships end. Fireworks climb two streets away. Somewhere something is happening. And everywhere else, a writer is writing themself into existence.

    THIS SWOLLEN THING (WIP) is presented by Mad Jacks Theatre, the award-winning company behind the ‘scorchingly emotional’ (★★★★ Broadway Baby) PHOTOGRAPHS, and ‘the extraordinary commentary on art, love and life’ (★★★★ Adventures in Theatreland) SCENES WITH BOYS.

    Content Notice
    Running Time 60 minutes
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Content Notice
    Content NoticeScenes of a sexual nature and themes of dissociation and unreality throughout.16+
    "There's something exciting about the linguistic talent of Sam Smith’s This Swollen Thing, almost Churchillian in its daring."
    There Ought To Be Clowns

    Tickets for This Swollen Thing (WIP)

    Tue 10 Mar, 19:15

    "It is precisely these types of projects, involving these types of people, in these types of theatres that make London what it is."

    The Lancet