Don’t hold your horses, this is no nag…
Elf Lyons is bringing her new show Horses, the first ever comedy show performed entirely by a horse, on tour next summer, after a hugely successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Bring your most enthusiastic childhood horse-loving energy to this new hour, all about play and the power of pretending. Treacle’s masterful performance has been directed by Elf Lyons, assisted creatively by Trygve Wakenshaw and Dylan Moran.
“A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who does not play has lost forever the child who lived in him.” Pablo Neruda
A celebration of the child within, this hour has everything in it! Expect mime, stand-up, clown pieces and shadow puppetry all performed by Treacle, the horse and Francis of Acissi has helped interpret the interviews with horses, Bob Fosse has helped with choreography and at points Alfred Hitchcock has helped with the dramaturgy…
Elf Lyons is an award-winning comedian, theatre maker, director, comedy writer and voice artist. She has gained a cult reputation as one of the most innovative performers on the UK comedy and theatre scene. Her work has included re-enactments of classical ballets, musicals about the economy, immersive horror shows and even lectures at venues such as the Barbican on the Surrealist movement.
Horse
15 May 2025 Exeter Phoenix
17 May 2025 Bath Rondo Theatre
18 May 2025 Bristol Tobacco Factory
21 May 2025 Leicester Attenborough Arts Centre
22 May 2025 Leeds Hyde Park Book Club
23 May 2025 York Theatre@41
24 May 2025 Norwich Norwich Playhouse
29 May 2025 Brighton The Old Market
30 May 2025 Cambridge Junction
31 May 2025 Oxford Arts at the Old Fire Station
01 June 2025 London UCL Bloomsbury Theatre
05 June 2025 Hull Truck Theatre – Studio
06 June 2025 Edinburgh Monkey Barrel
07 June 2025 Glasgow The Stand
08 June 2025 Newcastle The Stand
For tickets visit: https://www.mickperrin.com/tours/elf-lyons-horses/
