Little Animals

We are born of the stars.
Really think about that.
Try to remember that the next time you’re filling out your tax return.

You’re invited to Richard’s memorial. Richard is dead, after all. He’s gone. But his friend wasn’t invited to the funeral. And he can’t let go because something happened. Something he needs to lay to rest. This is his chance.

Little Animals is the story of a life-long friendship, set in a culture that can’t stop consuming. As Richard’s climate concern grows more extreme, and his friend struggles with mortgages, parenthood and the stresses of modern living, a wedge is driven between them. Because we can’t all sit around growing f**king tomatoes. Can we?

A stripped back, frank and funny one-man show, written & performed by Paul Ready (National Theatre, Motherland, Ann Droid) and directed by Caroline Steinbeis (Shakespeare's Globe, Sheffield Crucible) about what we’ve lost, the stories we tell ourselves, and the ever-present chance to write a new one.

The run of Little Animals is accompanied by a Climate Storytelling For Theatre panel discussion and a screening of Can I Live? at Filmhouse, both on Tue 25 Aug.

Little Animals is part of the Traverse's £1 Ticket Project.

Image: Tom Parker, Helmet design: Mät Fowkes
 

Reviews

★★★★★ 'Little Animals leaves us with friendship, grief and the uncomfortable possibility that the stories we tell ourselves about how we live may not be enough.' - The Edinburgh Reporter

★★★★★ 'The performance is so wonderfully achieved, so full of empathy, that the result is utterly captivating.' - All Edinburgh Theatre 

★★★★★ 'It’s time to listen to brave artists like Paul Ready, who dare to confront this frightening moment with heart, mind, body and soul' - The Scotsman 

★★★★ 'A near perfect encapsulation of all the everyday conflicts and contradictions that exist in concerns regarding the environment' -The Herald 

★★★★ 'A touching exploration of kinship, remembrance, and ecological dread' - Corr Blimey

★★★★ 'A beautifully observed portrait of male friendship' - North West End UK 

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