Don Quixote (Is a Very Big Book)

Opposable Thumb Theatre and Nordland Visual Theatre

Edinburgh

Pleasance Dome
King Dome

15:25

55 mins

12+ (Guideline)

From £14.50

All orders are subject to a handling fee of £1.50 per ticket, capped at £6.

Dik Downey's mid-life crisis crashes headlong into Don Quixote's crazed delusions. With a rogue's gallery of puppets and desperate clowning, Quixote embarks on surreal, comic misadventures with sidekick Sancho Panza and decrepit horse, Rocinante.

Dik fights to make this huge novel joyous to a contemporary audience. But as Quixote chases impossible dreams, Dik faces his own dwindling relevance and mortality. A laugh-out-loud international co-production on the indignities of fighting the inevitable.

'Show of the year... so funny that your face will hurt' Bristol247

'Slapstick comedy and touching vulnerability... outstanding' Scotsman

Babes in arms policy

Babies (infants under 2 years old) do not require a ticket for this show.

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Access Tickets

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King Dome

Pleasance Dome

(Venue No. 23) Pleasance Dome, Potterrow, 1 Bristo Square, EH8 9AL

Nearest accessible bathroom

Right of Main Bar (next to Ace Dome Lift)

Audience route

  • Main queue inside the Dome
  • Venue located on the first floor
  • Step free access available via ramp and lift to auditorium
  • Ace Dome Lift (to the right of the Main Bar)  - please make your way to the main Dome Box Office or speak to security for lift access
  • Number of steps to access venue: 20
     

Lift

Yes

Wheelchair accessible

Yes

Assistance Meeting Point: Main Box Office inside the Dome.

A dastardly inventive and playful hour of clowning and storytelling, with a surprisingly touching finale… phenomenally engrossing, entertaining and enjoyable, while the truths that lie under it all hold well and translate throughout. Whip-smart, laugh-a-minute fun.

Binge Fringe

I laugh pretty much from start to finish (even while feeling a tinge of sadness at the iniquities of old age)

Bouquets and Brickbats

A deeply digested, joyfully reassembled version of Cervantes’ epic ... A masterclass in physical storytelling, clowning, and theatrical economy.

North West End

Show of the year... so funny that your face will hurt

Bristol24/7

Slapstick comedy and touching vulnerability... outstanding.

The Scotsman

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