Botallack O’clock
Date/Time
16/09/2023
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
A rehearsed reading of Botallack O’Clock. This is an edited version and will have a running time of approximately 50 minutes.
“Everyone else is asleep. Not me. Not you. Not yet…No, not yet.”
Botallack O’Clock is a funny, moving and thought-provoking journey into the creative mind of one of the most unique voices in postwar British art, Roger Hilton CBE.
Having premiered at the Half Moon, Herne Hill in 2011, Botallack O’Clock transferred to the Edinburgh Festival 2012 and then on to the 59E59 Theaters, New York as part of the Brits Off Broadway Festival 2013. Botallack O’Clock returned to London in 2016 and 2018 for two sell-out 4 week run at the Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington.
Tickets £7 via this link
Reviews
TIME OUT CRITIC’S CHOICE ★★★★★
“Dazzlingly eloquent yet always just beyond sense… Botallack O’Clock is a stunning miniature; surprising, profound and very very funny… a phenomenal and uncompromising performance by Dan Frost”. Matt Trueman, Time Out
WINNER : BEST FRINGE PLAY 2011
THE STAGE ★★★★
“A mournfully funny, evocatively dream-like production”
WHATSONSTAGE ★★★★
“Compulsive, clever, funny… an atmospheric, engrossing production. This is acting of the highest order: detailed, unsentimental but completely engaging.”
PLAYS TO SEE ★★★★★
“This piece is incredibly strong; meticulously brought to life on every level by a talented team, and equally funny and thoughtful throughout.”
Everything Theatre ★★★★
“Eddie Elks’ brilliant play has succeeded in devising a theatrical experience that doesn’t just showcase the material, but actually creates the universe.”
LondonTheatre1 ★★★★
“Dan Frost is captivating… almost impossible to look away.”
EdFringe Review: EDITOR’S PICK ★★★★★
“A fantastic offering from Third Man Theatre: comic, insightful and unmissable!”
Exeunt Magazine: EDITOR’S PICK ★★★★“Botallack O’Clock is a powerful success.”
One4Review ★★★★.
Broadway Baby ★★★★
