Gob, a Revolutionary Comedy
"We're Gob Warriors, poets of the old school, up front, totally disciplined and straight from the heart",
The Liberator, Gob
Winning rave reviews and an instant sell-out when it was first seen at The King’s Head starring ex-Take That teen idol Jason Orange, Gob was recently revived at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2003 and earned the rare distinction of two 5-star reviews from Three Weeks and The List including editor’s highlight of the Fringe. Gob was then transferred in record-breaking time to The Courtyard Theatre in King’s Cross where it played for four weeks and garnered yet more rave reviews.
Welcome to the gritty but lyrical world of The Liberator and Hard Man Les; hardcore poets of the frontline, acid-fuelled Wordsmiths of the techno generation or, when they’re pushed for time, simply ‘Gob Warriors’. Intent on proving themselves the equal of any of London’s smooth and golden-tongues poets, these punk-loving, rave-crazy warriors decide to storm and invade that bastion of culture and good taste, the South Bank Centre. How will these full-on troubadours of the road fare against the cream of London’s literati?
Gob is a blistering, cutting-edge, uproarious attack on fashion, art and culture, and its innovative use of a live DJ (funk, punk, house and Strauss!) and powerfully lyrical and scorching theatrical dialogue make it an underground/cult classic.
Harrogate Youth Theatre
Dir: Steve Ansell
Cast: Dave Robertson, Russ Thorne
Edinburgh Festival, Pleasance
Dir: Lee Jones
Cast: Tom Hayes, Mark Rose
DJ Spike
King's Head Theatre
Dir: James Martin Charlton
Cast: Tom Hayes, Jason Orange,
DJ Spike
THE LIBERATOR: “I say this:
Poetry, comrades, is on everybody’s lips.
Try it yourself,
Surprise yourself,
Amaze yourself,
But best of all, liberate yourself.
Go on, forge pearls from yours, his or her lips,
Sprinkle diamonds off your tongue,
Sweet and silver-coated,
Tender like first love,
Or a stay-with-you-forever dream”.
The Liberator, Gob
