Go Figure!: Don Quixote (is a very big book) – Opposable Thumb (UK)

In his new one-man show, Dik Downey (Green Ginger, Pickled Image, Opposable Thumb) weaves together the insane delusions of Don Quixote with his own struggle with reality. With a gallery of rogues, figures, and desperate clowning, Dik's Quixote embarks on surreal and comic misadventures, accompanied by his wisecracking sidekick, Sancho Panza, and his jaded horse, Rocinante.

As Dik struggles to make the retelling of this enormous novel enjoyable for the audience, we also see something else – Dik’s refusal to give in to the passing of time. While Quixote pursues his impossible dreams of glory, Dik confronts his own diminishing relevance and mortality.

Here, laugh-out-loud moments and crazy reflections are mixed with the joys and humiliations of growing old and fighting the inevitable.

Target group: From 14 years old

Venue: Pilotscenen

Duration: 55 minutes

Cast: 

Performer: Dik Downey

Director: Emma Williams

Composer: Simon Preston

Choreographer: Aneta Skut

Characters and costumes: Dik Downey

Rocinante (the horse): Izzy Bristow

Production Manager and Sound Designer: Chris Collier

Created by: Emma Williams, Dik Downey, Chris Collier

Producer: Ali Robertson

The performance is presented in collaboration with the Figurteatret in Nordland.

Thursday, June 5, 2025

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