From Les Enfants Terribles, award-winning creators of The Trench and long-standing Edinburgh Fringe collaborators, comes Everythinglessness, a brand new unique audio-visual solo show taking an intimate look at the insidious nature of toxic masculinity.
Bridging the gap between concept album and gig theatre, renowned musician Alexander Wolfe performs his original score to tell the story of a conflicted man struggling to do ‘the right thing’. The tenderness and honesty of the music reflects the protagonist’s vulnerability and struggles with mental health. Through a blend of live music and video design, this show shines a light on the pressure faced by men across the UK, and beyond, in one of the biggest mental health crises of the 21st century.
Alexander Wolfe is a songwriter, composer and artist from London. He has, to date, released four solo albums and has worked extensively in theatre and film. Wolfe is a regular collaborator with Les Enfants Terribles, having composed and performed the soundtrack to The Trench, which has had two 5-star sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe plus two national tours of the UK as well as working on Alice’s Adventures Underground which was experienced in London by over 100,000 people and was nominated for an Olivier Award. As a solo artist, he has shared stages with illustrious names such as Paul Weller, Feist, Vampire Weekend and Jamie Cullum.
This exciting new show marks Les Enfants Terribles 20th anniversary and their 19th Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Oliver Lansley, Artistic Director of Les Enfants Terribles says, It’s really exciting for us to be working on such an intimate piece that really experiments with form. We’ve collaborated with Alexander Wolfe on The Trench and The House with Chicken Legs but to make something like this which is so intimate and personal is a real treat. We want to immerse our audience in an audio-visual feast and invite them to this completely unique piece of gig theatre.
Alexander Wolfe comments, Everythinglessness explores the need for vulnerability in young men. It started with me writing some songs examining my relationship with my own mental health and masculinity, a kind of therapy I suppose. I’ve suffered with depression since I was a kid and this was me looking back, trying to understand myself better. The story spiralled from there.
