One Night Only
Jarman
BY MARK FARRELLY
DIRECTED BY SARAH LOUISE YOUNG.
9 July 2023
Overview
“A mighty spirit is about to reawaken. Yours.”
Painter, film-maker, writer, gardener, activist – killed by AIDS in 1994, Derek Jarman lived quite an extraordinary life in just 52 years. In his astonishing new solo play, Mark Farrelly revives the legendary English artist, exploring what it means to truly live life.
Jarman’s works include taboo-breaking films like Sebastiane, Jubilee and Caravaggio, pop videos for the Pet Shop Boys (It’s A Sin and Rent), his extraordinary borderless garden in Dungeness, his shocking last paintings, and his unforgettable final film Blue, consisting of a single continuous frame of blue and chronicling what it’s like to lose your sight … but never your artistic vision.
People
Mark Farrelly
Writer and Performer
Writer and Performer
Mark's West End roles include Nick in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Trafalgar Studios). He is a prolific writer / performer of solo plays which constantly tour: Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope, The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton and Jarman. He also wrote and appears in Howerd's End, alongside Simon Cartwright.
Sarah Louise Young
Director
Director
Tom Lishman
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Media
“Beautiful, fun and relentlessly inspiring. Jarman is a fearless portrait of a key figure in LGBTQ+ history, and one of this country’s greatest artists”
Queer Guru
“A gripping solo show”
The Stage