The BaroqueThe Baroque is a devised work created by the team of Oliver Nilsson and Frank Theatre in 2020 with the support of The Mill’s Centre Stage residency. It was directed by Britt Plummer, starring Oliver Nilsson.
The Baroque is set in the 17th Century Baroque era, a period of extravagance, opulence and discovery; with so much changing in the world from religion to science, sacred to secular, ambiguity to clarity. Touching on loneliness in privilege and self-solitude, diving into the inseparable journey of everyday objects, the world, mind, dreams, and reality, through the play of bursting silliness of Nilsson packs an hour full of romantic melancholy, poetry, frills, harpsichords, and joy! “ NILSSON’S IMPECCABLE CLOWNING TALENTS MAKE EVEN THE MUNDANE HYSTERICAL.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (FRINGE FEED) “OLIVER HAS INSTANT ACCESS TO A SEEMINGLY INFINITE FUNNY FACE LIBRARY AND CAN CONTORT HIS PUTTY FACE IN A MICRO-SECOND.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (JAMES MURPHY REVIEWER) “SWEDISH CLOWN OLIVER NILSSON SHINES IN AN HOUR OF MADCAP THEATRE THAT WILL BOTH TICKLE YOUR FUNNY BONE AND BREAK YOUR HEART.” ★ ★ ★ ★ .5 (THE ADVERTISER) |