A mighty spirit is about to reawaken. Yours. Derek Jarman: film-maker, painter, gardener at Prospect Cottage, gay rights activist, writer. His influence remains as strong as it was on the day AIDS killed him in 1994. But his story, one of the most extraordinary lives ever lived, has never been told. Until now.

Jarman

The Pavilion Gardens

Mark Farrelly’s hugely acclaimed solo play has delighted audiences across the country, and now comes to the White Bear for an up close encounter with the original Englishman in New York. Naked Hope depicts the legendary Quentin Crisp at two distinct phases of his extraordinary life. Firstly in the late 1960s in his filthy Chelsea flat (“Don’t lose your nerve: after the first four years the dust won’t get any worse”). Here Quentin surveys a lifetime of degradation and rejection. Repeatedly beaten for being flamboyantly gay as early as the 1930s, but also ostracised simply for daring to live life on his own terms.

Mark Farrelly

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 24, 2024

Jarman · Buxton Opera House

10 - 11 Dec, 2024

Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope · White Bear Theatre

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