UBU (2020/2022)
Kerry Frampton & Scott Smith in Splendid’s 2020 production of UBU (photos: Lewis Wileman)
“Some people would say that UBU did terrible, blooderous things…”
Behold the tale of UBU! He likes power so much he refuses to give it back.
UBU! Can you resist the charm of this puffed-up lump as he guffs his way to THE TOP?
UBU!! Watch as this all-conquering buffoon deviously despatches anyone who gets in his way.
Who will stop UBU? No one will stop UBU!
Expect the unexpected! … Or the entirely predictable!
UBU!!!
Splendid Productions present a brand new creative adaptation of Alfred Jarry’s surrealist classic. We explore power, leadership and ambition with our usual heady concoction of music, laughter, politics, foolishness and hard-hitting theatrical nonsense.
Theatre tour poster design & photo: Ben Hales
Splendid Productions’ ‘UBU’
Toured Sept 2020 – March 2022
Written by: Alfred Jarry
Adapted by: Kerry Frampton & Ben Hales
Directed by: Kerry Frampton, Matt Wilde
Assistant Director: Cordelia Stevenson
Songs by: Ben Hales
Design by: Kerry Frampton
Costumes by: Kerry Frampton, Heather Castle-Rainsbury, Christine Frampton
Cast & Characters
Kerry Frampton: UBU
Scott Smith: The Writer
with thanks to:
Mal Smith, Lucy Cuthbertson, Greenwich Theatre
