Not Tony

Gary Stevens  

Not Tony is like a comedy, quick-change hat routine where single items (a hat, a beard, a wig or glasses) represent different members of a family.

All spoke with the same voice as an ambiguous internal/external conflict is played out. An unnamed, unknown identity emerged in the space between the other established characters. This alien entity was a residue that can only be defined negatively as not any of the others.

Commissioned by home, London in 2004 and performed as part of the Performing Kitchen programme at home, London; Variety at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea; CCA, Glasgow; and Kettles Yard, Cambridge.

Performed by Gary Stevens
Duration 30 minutes

Photo: Andrew Whittuck

Photo: Andrew Whittuck

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GARY STEVENS - NOT TONY

Edited clip of a performance of Not Tony by Gary Stevens presented at Toynbee Studios, London, October 2011.