Drunk Lion
Written and Performed by Chris Davis
Directed by Mary Tuomanen
Written and Performed by Chris Davis
Directed by Mary Tuomanen
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Playing...
Wednesday, June 6 @ 8:30 pm
Saturday, June 9 @ 7:00 pm
Sunday, June 10 @ 1:30 pm
"...imaginative, free-flowing story-telling of very high quality."
- TV Bomb ★★★★★
"...an excellent and thought-provoking show which makes a metaphor come alive."
- Three Weeks ★★★★
"...a potent success."
- Broadway Baby ★★★★
"...humorous as it is tragic, poignant as it is absurd..."
- New Orleans Defender
A lonely alcoholic Lion spends his days drinking into oblivion in a cantina, until he meets Chris, a young foreigner learning how to speak Spanish. The unlikely pair forge an intoxicated bond over life, love, and alcohol.
Drunk Lion is written in Spanish and English, but it's all translated for you in the action, so no one is left behind! The writer Chris Davis lived for 3 years in Mexico, and the play documents some of his over-the-top experiences and ultimately is a dedication to his second home country. Chris embodies all of the characters exploring languages, loss, alcoholism, and how universal stories can be found in every corner of the world. Even Lions get drunk in cantinas!
BIO
Chris Davis (PERFORMER)
Chris Davis is a writer and performer residing in Philadelphia, PA. Recent projects include solo shows The Last Emperor of Mexico, One-Man Apocalypse Now (★★★★★ - “superbly crafted” - Underdog Reviews), Juan-Winfield, Bortle 8 (“…a strikingly original writer and performer.” - The Scotsman), Drunk Lion (“A potent success” ★★★★★ - TV Bomb), and Violence of the Lambs (“…absurd comedy at its very best." ★★★★★ – The Student Newspaper ). His solo shows have toured throughout the United States and Europe. He has participated in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the last 4 years. His show One-Man Apocalypse Now will be presented in Osloring, Germany as part of the Thespis Festival in November 2018.
Other projects: Alchemist with Mary Tuomanen (Sep 2017), Peaceable Kingdom (Orbiter 3), Damned Dirty Apes! (Renegade Theater), Alias Ellis Mackenzie (Thaddeus Phillips), Anna K (Philly Fringe 2014), Holly’s Dead Soldiers (Philly Fringe 2013),The Post-Show (Berserker Residents), Vainglorious (Applied Mechanics). He was selected as one of Billy Penn’s Artists to Watch Out For 2017. He is a coordinator of the experimental DIY festival SolowFest that takes place in Philadelphia.
Mary Tuomanen (DIRECTOR)
Mary Tuomanen is a theater artist interested in using the movement of bodies in space to tell a story, rather than just text. She attended L'Ecole Lecoq in Paris, where she studied storytelling tools like acrobatics, clown, mask, mime, scenography, and spatial composition. Tuomanen has worked with several Philadelphia collectives dedicated to devising work with what she calls "the collective mind"—combining ideas to solve a given artistic problem in creative and visually interesting ways. A social activist, fringe artist, as well as a solo performer in her own right, Tuomanen has collaborated with Chris Davis on several projects.
ARTIST/SHOW WEBSITE
www.realchrisdavis.com
Playing...
Wednesday, June 6 @ 8:30 pm
Saturday, June 9 @ 7:00 pm
Sunday, June 10 @ 1:30 pm
"...imaginative, free-flowing story-telling of very high quality."
- TV Bomb ★★★★★
"...an excellent and thought-provoking show which makes a metaphor come alive."
- Three Weeks ★★★★
"...a potent success."
- Broadway Baby ★★★★
"...humorous as it is tragic, poignant as it is absurd..."
- New Orleans Defender
A lonely alcoholic Lion spends his days drinking into oblivion in a cantina, until he meets Chris, a young foreigner learning how to speak Spanish. The unlikely pair forge an intoxicated bond over life, love, and alcohol.
Drunk Lion is written in Spanish and English, but it's all translated for you in the action, so no one is left behind! The writer Chris Davis lived for 3 years in Mexico, and the play documents some of his over-the-top experiences and ultimately is a dedication to his second home country. Chris embodies all of the characters exploring languages, loss, alcoholism, and how universal stories can be found in every corner of the world. Even Lions get drunk in cantinas!
BIO
Chris Davis (PERFORMER)
Chris Davis is a writer and performer residing in Philadelphia, PA. Recent projects include solo shows The Last Emperor of Mexico, One-Man Apocalypse Now (★★★★★ - “superbly crafted” - Underdog Reviews), Juan-Winfield, Bortle 8 (“…a strikingly original writer and performer.” - The Scotsman), Drunk Lion (“A potent success” ★★★★★ - TV Bomb), and Violence of the Lambs (“…absurd comedy at its very best." ★★★★★ – The Student Newspaper ). His solo shows have toured throughout the United States and Europe. He has participated in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the last 4 years. His show One-Man Apocalypse Now will be presented in Osloring, Germany as part of the Thespis Festival in November 2018.
Other projects: Alchemist with Mary Tuomanen (Sep 2017), Peaceable Kingdom (Orbiter 3), Damned Dirty Apes! (Renegade Theater), Alias Ellis Mackenzie (Thaddeus Phillips), Anna K (Philly Fringe 2014), Holly’s Dead Soldiers (Philly Fringe 2013),The Post-Show (Berserker Residents), Vainglorious (Applied Mechanics). He was selected as one of Billy Penn’s Artists to Watch Out For 2017. He is a coordinator of the experimental DIY festival SolowFest that takes place in Philadelphia.
Mary Tuomanen (DIRECTOR)
Mary Tuomanen is a theater artist interested in using the movement of bodies in space to tell a story, rather than just text. She attended L'Ecole Lecoq in Paris, where she studied storytelling tools like acrobatics, clown, mask, mime, scenography, and spatial composition. Tuomanen has worked with several Philadelphia collectives dedicated to devising work with what she calls "the collective mind"—combining ideas to solve a given artistic problem in creative and visually interesting ways. A social activist, fringe artist, as well as a solo performer in her own right, Tuomanen has collaborated with Chris Davis on several projects.
ARTIST/SHOW WEBSITE
www.realchrisdavis.com
