Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen by Marcelo Dos Santos

Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen by Marcelo Dos Santos

'I'm thirty-six, I'm a comedian, and I'm about to kill my boyfriend.' A permanently single, professionally neurotic stand-up comedian finally meets his Mr Right – and then does everything wrong. Is Mr Right quite what he seems? And just how far will the comedian go to get a laugh? Marcelo Dos Santos's play Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen is a dark and bitingly funny one-man show about vulnerability, intimacy, ego and truth. It premiered in the Roundabout at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, produced by Francesca Moody Productions, directed by Matthew Xia, and starring Samuel Barnett. The critically acclaimed, Fringe First-winning production transferred to the Bush Theatre, London, in November 2023.

'What a fine work this is.. full of humour, lines written with the whiplash timing of a master... a sense of real feeling, an understanding of the psychological terror of constant failure and impending annihilation... urgent, fresh and utterly compelling... confirms Dos Santos as a writer of enormous talent'

* WhatsOnStage *

'Fast, filthy and powerful... a perfectly formed monologue... chillingly, thrillingly transgressive'

* Evening Standard *

'Blending dark humour, pathos and a hearty dash of millennial angst, [this] deserves to be the next Fleabag... the gag-count is ridiculously high and the writing overall has a Bennettian finesse... it's enviably accomplished'

* Telegraph *

'Enthralling... a compelling and troubling character study with some killer punchlines'

* Guardian *

'A cleverly constructed piece of writing, and often very funny'

* The Stage *

'Frank, funny and occasionally filthy... a nice piece of writing, following in the footsteps of Fleabag'

* Independent *

'Very entertaining and sharply funny'

-- Lyn Gardner * Stagedoor *

'Funny and pleasingly absurdist... An entertaining, sometimes outrageous hour, brought to a very skilled climax'

* Time Out *

'Is this the male Fleabag? Marcelo Dos Santos's fevered monologue about a romance on the verge of a nervous breakdown... holds us spellbound for an hour'

* The Times *

'Pristine writing... both hilarious and heart-wrenching'

* Fest Mag *

'Outrageously entertaining and endlessly surprising... an extraordinary piece of theatre'

* The Skinny *

'A rollercoaster of a play... powerfully subtle, until it's not meant to be, and then it's joyfully theatrical... comedy magic'

* LondonTheatre1 *

'Terrific... Marcelo Dos Santos' script is structured beautifully, blending coarse humour with dark, brittle wit and he signs it off with a delicious punchline. Underlying the laughter, this is a multi-layered piece that explores the human fear of and need for close relationships'

* Reviews Hub *

'Razor-sharp... a very clever play... Dos Santos' writing uncovers new ideas at every turn... has all the laughs of a comedy set while presenting a twisting narrative that keeps you guessing'

* Broadway World *

'A sizzling monologue about sex and fatal attraction... Dos Santos writes beautifully'

* Arts Desk *

Marcelo Dos Santos is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His adaptation of Zizou Corder's novel Lionboy was produced by Complicité on tour internationally, and his original play Backstairs Billy opened in the West End in 2023, directed by Michael Grandage.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781839042591
ISBN 10	1839042591
Title	Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen
Author	Marcelo Dos Santos
Series	Nhb Modern Plays
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nick Hern Books
Year published	2023-11-16
Number of pages	56
Prizes	Winner of Edinburgh Fringe First Award 2022
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.