Futures Festival: SHUNK
Jacob Ethan Tanner
London
Pleasance London
Studio
17:15, 19:00
60 mins
From £8.00
24th May & 25th May
'Cocaine Capital of Wales, Port Talbot. And this Shunk was becoming its
little Prince...'
If there's anything lower than working class, it's David. After a tragedy in his childhood, sixteen-year-old David turned to dealing drugs to help his family survive life in Port Talbot. But everything soon begins to spiral completely out of his control...
Coming off his West-End Debut in Backstair's Billy Jacob Ethan Tanner presents his dark-comedy, one-man play SHUNK, at The Pleasance Theatre.
Writer/Performer/Co-Director Jacob Ethan Tanner is a multi-discipline award winner, winning two awards for Best Actor for his performance in the BBC Wales short film Wheels. He has directed several award-winning music videos for Welsh artists, and his debut short film It's Quiet in the Cold won multiple awards at film festivals worldwide. His latest short begins filming in June 2024, in production with BBC Wales.
Producer/co-director Issie Riley has worked as an actor for many years, appearing in The House of Shades at the Almeida theatre, audio dramas and dubbing for TV and film across Netflix and Amazon, as well as narrating audiobooks for Audible. Issie has produced for charity, documentary, short film and now theatre. Issie worked alongside Jacob as assistant director on a rehearsed reading of Nurture at the Old Red Lion Theatre.
In association with The Pleasance Theatre, Worklight Theatre, and I Riley Productions.
Special thanks to Clare Rich, for her continued help and support.
This show is part of Futures Festival a work-in-progress festival curated by Pleasance Associate Artists. Each artist presents a week of work around a theme relevant to them and the work they are making.
This show is part of the week The Future is Booming? curated by Worklight Theatre, a week of performance which explores economics, inequality, greed and the cost-of-living crisis.
You can find the full Futures Festival line-up here. Buy tickets to more than one Futures Festival show and receive a 20% discount at checkout.
If there's anything lower than working class, it's David. After a tragedy in his childhood, sixteen-year-old David turned to dealing drugs to help his family survive life in Port Talbot. But everything soon begins to spiral completely out of his control...
Coming off his West-End Debut in Backstair's Billy Jacob Ethan Tanner presents his dark-comedy, one-man play SHUNK, at The Pleasance Theatre.
Writer/Performer/Co-Director Jacob Ethan Tanner is a multi-discipline award winner, winning two awards for Best Actor for his performance in the BBC Wales short film Wheels. He has directed several award-winning music videos for Welsh artists, and his debut short film It's Quiet in the Cold won multiple awards at film festivals worldwide. His latest short begins filming in June 2024, in production with BBC Wales.
Producer/co-director Issie Riley has worked as an actor for many years, appearing in The House of Shades at the Almeida theatre, audio dramas and dubbing for TV and film across Netflix and Amazon, as well as narrating audiobooks for Audible. Issie has produced for charity, documentary, short film and now theatre. Issie worked alongside Jacob as assistant director on a rehearsed reading of Nurture at the Old Red Lion Theatre.
In association with The Pleasance Theatre, Worklight Theatre, and I Riley Productions.
Special thanks to Clare Rich, for her continued help and support.
This show is part of Futures Festival a work-in-progress festival curated by Pleasance Associate Artists. Each artist presents a week of work around a theme relevant to them and the work they are making.
This show is part of the week The Future is Booming? curated by Worklight Theatre, a week of performance which explores economics, inequality, greed and the cost-of-living crisis.
You can find the full Futures Festival line-up here. Buy tickets to more than one Futures Festival show and receive a 20% discount at checkout.
Access Tickets
To book in access tickets including complimentary personal assistant tickets, wheelchair accessible seating or to arrange any additional venue assistance, (such as hearing loops, early venue access or specific seat requests), please contact the box office directly to make your booking.
For more information about our venues and performance spaces, please visit our access pages here.
Phone: 020 7609 1800
Email: [email protected] // [email protected]
