Resident
Alien Resident Alien is a one man show based on the life and writings of Quentin Crisp. OBIE* award winner Bette Bourne performs the role on a set that replicates Crisps famously filthy East Village apartment in New York, complete with mice and several layers of dust. The plot is rather an incidental feature, which allows Crisp to share his thoughts with the audience: Crisp is awaiting the arrival of Mr Brown and Mr Black who want to put Crisps thoughts on how to be happy on to the web. Actor,
Bette Bourne portrays 91-year-old Crisp with integrity and at no point
does he slip into self parody. He brings out the balance of pathos
and humour that is found in Tim Fountains touching script. Crisp
died in 1999, just as this play started doing the rounds and this
piece provides an insight in to his distinctive philosophy of life
with many quotable lines, I
left feeling that should I get past the pearly gates, Quentin Crisp
is the first person I want to have a drink with. The nearest I can
get right now is Bette Bourne who ends a stylish evening with a toast,
*The Village Voice OBIE Awards, Off-Broadways highest honour. by Lita Doolan
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