Jon Bennett: Playing With Men
Jon was once a great junior footballer in Australia. Now a multi award-winning performer of international festival favourites, it seems he couldn’t be further away from the football field. A show about community, friendships, life, death, and a bit of football.
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See https://theatreinlondon.ca/2019/05/jon-bennett-playing-with-men/ for details.
Location: McManus Stage
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7:30 pm Jon Bennett: Playing With Men
See https://theatreinlondon.ca/2019/05/jon-bennett-playing-with-men/ for details.
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5:30 pm Jon Bennett: Playing With Men
See https://theatreinlondon.ca/2019/05/jon-bennett-playing-with-men/ for details.
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See https://theatreinlondon.ca/2019/05/jon-bennett-playing-with-men/ for details.
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7:30 pm Jon Bennett: Playing With Men
See https://theatreinlondon.ca/2019/05/jon-bennett-playing-with-men/ for details.
Location: McManus Stage
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Jon made me laugh until I cried. Then laugh some more. And then he pounced like a stalking tiger and talked about some serious stuff. Repeat steps 1-3, insert crazy Australian football league stories, and repeat again. With a *lot* of hilarious swearing.
The show began with a ramble of crazy, ADHD-level frantic energy. The energy settled after a bit, but Jon effortlessly held my attention for the whole show.
Go see this show – you’ve only got 3 more chances!
Comments based on Wed May 29 performance.
Bennett’s exuberant storytelling is well-known to London fringe fans, but this show is a step away from his usual comedic tone. He is as entertaining as ever but he now has even more power as he has found the courage to address the subject of how men are raised in our culture through the ethic of sports which spills into the relationships of men to men and women to men. Australian rules football is a crazy dangerous game, but so is living as a man raised to thrive in this environment. His stories will have you pondering the question of whether men can really change and how that change might come about. A serious topic told through a series of anecdotes that will have you laughing, uncomfortably at times. Don’t miss it!