The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley

Shirley is a teenage boy with a girl’s name, growing up in suburbia and feeling like the weirdest kid in the school. Nothing makes much sense to him, and his heart belongs to a classmate who barely knows he exists.

Wound Man is an unconventional superhero, sprung from the pages of a medieval medical textbook, with an alarming assortment of weapons sticking out from every part of his body

Wound Man has just moved into a house on Shirley’s street — and he happens to have a vacancy for a teenage sidekick…

The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley is a funny and touching story by Chris Goode about two unlikely friends and the adventures they share. The show is a bedtime story for grown ups, performed by Chris, which has toured extensively in the UK.

The script of the play has been published by our partners at Oberon.

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Credit: Paul Blakemore

REVIEWS

“Goode is a start of intelligent leftfield theatre and this deft, gentle piece of invention shows why”
Time Out ****

“There is something so unguarded, almost childlike, about this show that you can’t help but fall in love with it” The Guardian ****

“Storytelling at its finest. Goode’s heartbreakingly romantic vision sends you home with a warm and rosy glow and the pleasure of a tender tale perfectly told” Scotland on Sunday

“Definitely my favourite “none comedy” thing I saw in the festival, possibly my favourite thing full stop. It is very funny in parts, but also lovely, tingle inducing, moving, nostalgic, hopeful, unique and brave. Bloody great. Really good. Made me happy and sad at the same time. Which is very nice indeed.” Daniel Kitson

CREDITS

Writer / Performer - Chris Goode
Director - Wendy Hubbard
Designer - James Lewis
Producer - Ric Watts

A Chris Goode & Company production

Supported by public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

Originally commissioned by Queer Up North and co-produced by Ric Watts, Queer Up North and Contact

DATES

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History

March – May 2012 UK Tour (including Bristol Old Vic, Sheffield Theatres, Oxford Playhouse, The Junction, The Brewhouse, The Carriageworks, The Nightingale and more)
December 2011 BAC, Christmas Cook Up season
August 2011 Pleasance, Edinburgh
March 2011 Stoke Newington International Airport (pilot for new version)
April – June 2009 Original UK Tour and Queer Up North performances (including Contact, Northern Stage, Tobacco Factory and Drum Theatre)