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The Unicorn Theatre presents Double Double Act in association with the acclaimed theatre company, Made In China, a lively and playfully subversive interrogation of the roles and expectations children and adults have of each other, and what makes a good joke. And who really is funny? Or, for that matter, the funniest?
We caught up with Tim Cowbury, co-founder of Made In China, and cast members Seb Booth (Aged 8), Nayana Crowe (Aged 10) to find out more about the show.
Double Double Act is at The Unicorn Theatre until Sunday 9th July 2017
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What can you tell us about Double Double Act?
Tim: Double Double Act is a seriously silly show made by grown-ups and kids, for kids and grown-ups. It looks, through the warped lens of classic comedy tropes, at differences and similarities, stereotypes and clichés around big and little people. It asks how people of all sizes see the world, and if, how and when we use humour to make (non)sense of it. And it’s full of wordplay, slapstick and big visual surprises!
You all helped create the show, what did you enjoy most about that?
Nayana: I personally didn’t have that many ideas, but I liked that things that I said went into the show, things that we all did and said went into it. I really liked it when we were given scripts to say.
Seb: A lot of things that I did went into the show. Like the jumping off the shard bit!
Nayana: Yeah, he made that bit up and Tim said they could use it. We liked that.
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Have you worked with children like this before? What’s it been like?
Tim: Never before…and never again! No, that’s a joke. We’d definitely do it again. Just not with these particular children! No, we’re still joking. These children are excellent. It’s been an amazing journey from casting them last autumn to fortnightly sessions through the winter to workshop intensives and rehearsals over the last 2 months. The children are hilarious and cute and creative and talented. Most importantly, they’re as young as seven, and having that in the room tends to stop you from taking yourself too seriously, which has happened in the past. So in a way they saved us from ourselves!
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What’s your favourite part of the show?
Seb: The space hoppers and the costumes!
Tim: The goopy goopy lime green slime!
Do you think you’d like to be a stand up comedian some day?
Seb: Yes! Yes. It’s just fun.
Nayana: I think Seb’s quite a joker.
Seb: Yeah I’m always a joker. I’m popular at my school because I’m playful and funny and that’s because I’m really jokey
Nayana: Maybe not when I’m older but for my entire childhood. I like shows with children in them because I like acting, as a child.
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What scares you the most about performing for kids?
Tim: They don’t hide their reactions! If they’re bored, they’ll let you know. If they’re scared, they’ll demand to leave the auditorium. And if they’re excited, they’ll turn into a raucous seething mass of laughter and yelling…which is absolutely brilliant but also hard to control! Oh – and we’re a little bit fearful of accidentally swearing during a show. It feels like it’s only a matter of time…
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