DOSTOEVSKYS DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN  

A would-be suicide dreams of paradise and awakes to bring the world a message in George Dillon’s legendary solo staging of Fyodor Dostoevsky's final masterpiece.

Though written more than a hundred years ago, Dostoevsky’s Dream of a Ridiculous Man is a timeless dystopian parable of human nature, a lament for our follies and our collective drive towards damnation. His address to the audience starts slowly, but the roller-coaster of optimism and pessimism accelerates to a stunning conclusion which is paradoxically uplifting.

August 1990. In the few hopeful months between the fall of the Berlin Wall and Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait, George Dillon arrived in Edinburgh with Stunning the Punters (and Other Stories) directed by Laurence Boswell. The triple bill, featuring Dostoevsky’s Dream of a Ridiculous Man, received extraordinary reviews and marked the beginning of a 21-year career as a solo performer.

Dostoevsky’s Dream of a Ridiculous Man is one of six shows that George Dillon is performing in Edinburgh this year in celebration of 21 years of solo work, including The Gospel of Matthew and his latest work The Man Who Was Hamlet.

“Nowhere in the world will you hear a sharper sermon about human frailty this Sabbath... the craft of acting carried to a pinnacle of virtuosity.”
SCOTLAND-ON-SUNDAY

“I am applauding an unapologetic display of virtuosity until the blood runs... he has the vocal precision of a Gielgud, the physical presence and skill of Marceau, and a heart, mind, and attack that are all his own.”
THE GUARDIAN

“My spirits are restored by George Dillon's display of theatrical technique, timing and diction of flawless precision... His Dream of a Ridiculous Man is my Fringe discovery.”
THE SUNDAY TIMES

George Dillon's Vital Theatre Forthcoming tour dates (as of Thursday, 17 May 2012)
Show	Date	TOWN, Venue
The Man Who Was Hamlet	Sat 26th May 2012	RUGELEY, Ridware Theatre
Graft - Tales of an Actor	Fri 15th Jun 2012	WINDSOR, Firestation Arts Centre
Graft - Tales of an Actor	Sun 24th Jun 2012	LONDON, Charing Cross Theatre
Autumn 2012 Some dates in Autumn 2012 and Spring 2013 are still to be confirmed.
Graft - Tales of an Actor	Sat 15th Sep 2012	WHITEHAVEN, Rosehill Theatre
The Man Who Was Hamlet	Thur 27th Sep 2012	DIDCOT, Cornerstone Arts Centre
Graft - Tales of an Actor	Wed 10th Oct 2012	CANTERBURY, Gulbenkian Theatre
Graft - Tales of an Actor	Wed 17th Oct 2012	BANBURY, Mill Arts Centre
The Gospel of Matthew by Candlelight	Wed 24th Oct 2012	CRAWLEY, The Hawth
Graft - Tales of an Actor	Thu 25th Oct 2012	LINCOLN, Drill Hall
2013
The Man Who Was Hamlet	Thur 7th Feb 2013	BARNSLEY, Civic Theatre
The Gospel of Matthew	Fri 15th Feb 2013	BIDEFORD, Devon Hall
The Man Who Was Hamlet	Sat 16th Feb 2013	GREAT TORRINGTON, Plough Arts Centre
The Gospel of Matthew	Wed 27th Mar 2013	HORSHAM, The Capitol