Story of a Rabbit
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Story of a Rabbit is a stage production created and performed by "emerging artist" Hugh Hughes, in collaboration with British touring theatre
company Hoipolloi
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. Story of a Rabbit was nominated for a Total Theatre Award and won a Scotsman Fringe First Award at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
company Hoipolloi
Hoipolloi
Hoipolloi are a British touring theatre company committed to creating new work for theatre that imaginatively engages their audience and makes them laugh...
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Themes
In the production, Hughes discusses his father's death and the impact it had upon him. He also introduces a subplot featuring the death of a rabbit he was once looking after for a friend, weaving the two stories together as he explores the mysteries surrounding death.Related
Story of a Rabbit is the second show created by Hughes, the first being FloatingFloating (play)
Floating is the name of a stage production created and performed by "emerging Welsh performance artist" Hugh Hughes, in collaboration with British touring theatre company Hoipolloi....
. Story of a Rabbit was nominated for a Total Theatre Award and won a Scotsman Fringe First Award at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.