Cutlass
One man multi-character Pirate Adventure. Will Hartley (Radio4/ITV/CBBC) performs a spiritual sequel to GUN (***** Everything Theatre)
Pirate Captain Springsmile Jack is due to hang in the morning. But how was he captured? Who killed his family? Is he truly trapped? And why didn't Will employ more cast members?
Writer/Perfomer William Hartley was part of award-winning sketch group Clever Peter, with whom he co-wrote and starred in five sell-out Edinburgh Fringe shows, toured nationally, and created critically acclaimed Radio 4 series, ‘Strap In - It's Clever Peter' (Pozzitive Productions). He also co-created and co-wrote ITV2/Hulu comedy drama series 'Zomboat!'
TV credits include: The One Griff (BBC), Tracey Ullman Breaks the News (BBC), Cardinal Burns (Channel 4), Otherworld (BBC3) and BAFTA-nominated CBBC sketch show FIT.
He created one man comedy Western show 'GUN' in 2018 and it went to Vault Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, and toured Brazil. Cutlass is similar in style.
Praise for previous show, ‘GUN':
Shortlisted for the New Writing South ‘Best New Writing Award' 2018
***** Everything Theatre
***** Edinburgh Culture Review
***** ReviewsHub ‘Captivating... a consummate performance'
**** Theatre Bubble ‘A Tour De Force'
**** Remotegoat ‘Comedy, tragedy and a big dollop of eroticism'
**** The List
**** Bouqets & Brickbats
**** Three Weeks
‘The writing is killer sharp… Hartley's energy, charisma and ineffable confidence fill the stage' A Younger Theatre
‘Beautifully realised… immersive multi-character performance' Chortle
