Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope

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Mark Farrelly brings his hugely-acclaimed solo play to Norden Farm. Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope is at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts on Thursday 30 January at 7.30pm. Tickets are £16 | £14 (supporters).

Mark Farrelly (Howerd’s End, Jarman) brings an up-close encounter with the original Englishman in New York. From a conventional upbringing to global notoriety via The Naked Civil Servant, Quentin Crisp was one of the most memorable figures of the twentieth century. He was openly gay as early as 1930s. He spent decades being beaten up on London’s streets for refusing to be anything less than himself. His courage, and the philosophy that evolved from those experiences, inspire to the present day.

Naked Hope depicts Quentin at two phases of his extraordinary life. Alone in his Chelsea flat in the 1960s, certain that life has passed him by, and thirty years later, performing An Evening with Quentin Crisp in New York.

Mark Farrelly is an actor and writer. He was born in Sheffield and read English at Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating with a double first-class degree. He has acted in the West End and internationally, and is the author of two hit solo plays.

Packed with witty gems on everything from cleaning (‘Don’t bother – after the first four years the dust won’t get any worse’) to marriage (‘Is there life after marriage? The answer is no’), Naked Hope is a glorious, uplifting celebration of the urgent necessity to be your true self.