I'm Not Being Funny
By Piers BlackBlack's writing is a delicious concoction of humour, heart, emotion and intensity
Theatre Weekly
Balances comedy and heartbreak perfectly
London Theatre Reviews
‘I’m not gonna stand up in front of a bunch of strangers and tell stories about you and me.’
She’s signed them both up. Her and her husband. For stand-up comedy.
So tonight, they’re locking themselves in their living room until they’ve got a ‘tight five’, delving through their past for material. But some jokes hurt, and laughter isn’t always the best medicine.
With the clock ticking and nothing but a baby monitor for an audience, they wrestle with the spotlight as questions about their future are forced to the surface.
A new play about hope, endings and how to survive if a knock knock joke hits you in the gut, I’m Not Being Funny is written by Piers Black (Catching Comets, Pleasance & UK tour), directed by Traverse Theatre Associate Artist Bryony Shanahan (Bloody Elle, West End) and produced by Prentice Productions (How I Learned To Swim, Brixton House).
Starring Tia Bannon (Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner) and Jerome Yates (Netflix’s Project Codename).
Poignant, funny and fiercely human
Red Bus Londinium
Yates and Bannon bring an effortless chemistry to the stage
Everything Theatre
On Stage
Photos: Rich Lakos
