Don Quixote (is a very big book)

Opposable Thumb Theatre and Nordland Visual Theatre present 

Don Quixote (is a very big book) 

Created by Emma Williams, Dik Downey and Chris Collier 

In this new one man show, Dik Downey’s mid-life crisis smashes headlong into Don Quixote’s crazed delusions. While Quixote chases impossible dreams, Dik, armed with a rogue’s gallery of puppets and desperate clowning, embarks on surreal, comic misadventures, accompanied by his wisecracking sidekick, Sancho Panza, and his decrepit horse, Rocinante.  

While Dik fights to retell this huge novel to a contemporary audience and make the best show he has ever made, we see something else: a performer’s refusal to yield to the passing of time. As Quixote chases his impossible dreams of glory, Dik faces his own dwindling relevance and his mortality.  

Written and devised by Emma Williams, Dik Downey and Chris Collier, this international co-production blends laugh-out-loud moments with mad reflections on the joys and indignities of growing old and fighting against the inevitable. 

 “…one of the best shows of the year. It’s so funny that your face will hurt.” (Bristol 24/7) 

“slapstick comedy, and touching vulnerability… outstanding” (The Scotsman) 

Dramaturge/ Director: Emma Williams 

Performer: Dik Downey 

Composer: Simon Preston 

Choreographer: Aneta Skut 

Puppet and Costume Fabrication: Dik Downey 

Rocinante Fabrication: Izzy Bristow 

Production Manager, Lighting and Sound Designer: Chris Collier 

Producer: Ali Robertson