Recently nominated for a prestigious Tinniswood Award for best audio script, Shôn Dale-Jones brings his darkly comic story Cracking to Lighthouse Poole on Thursday 21 March.

Blending fiction and reality into one seamless whole, when Shôn playfully cracks an egg on his mother’s head, he has no idea real-life internet trolls will appear on his doorstep. Funny and uplifting, Cracking takes on the battle between love and hate, asking what’s funny and where we draw the line.

Part stand-up, part theatre, Cracking is a touching and thought-provoking solo performance that sews together fact into fiction to make us wonder what’s real, what’s not and what’s gone wrong.

Cracking was originally developed as a radio play for BBC Radio 4 – hence the Tinniswood Award nomination organised by the Writers Guild of Great Britain and The Society of Authors – and was recommended as Pick of the Week following its broadcast on 17 August 2023.

Shôn is a two-time Fringe First winner who has written 27 theatre plays over the last 25 years, as well as five BBC radio dramas and a variety of short films and site specific work. His work has been translated into seven languages and been presented in 20 countries across six continents.

He has co-produced and worked with BBC Radio 4, Royal Court, Barbican, Sydney Opera House and National Theatre Wales, winning several awards including the BBC Audio Drama Award, two Fringe Firsts, a Total Theatre Award and a nomination for the Prix Europa. Between 2016 -2019 he performed The Duke and Me & Robin Hood as fundraising events, raising £100,000 for charities working with vulnerable children.

What the critics say:

“The most generous of hosts… a mesmerising personality… a gifted storyteller… a natural comic” The Guardian

"The Great Welsh Storyteller” Lyn Gardner

“Legend of the Edinburgh Festival” The Stage 

CRACKING | THURSDAY 21 MARCH 8pm (SHERLING STUDIO) Age guidance: 14+

Tickets and information 01202 280000 

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