"The only time I feel like dusting down the term 'genius', in the pure sense of an influential demonic character, is when I'm confronted by a great Ken Campbell show." (Michael Coveney, Observer) "Campbell is conducting us on a guided tour of the wilder shores of his own imagination. The stories pour out of him...Things become curiouser and curiouser as Campbell explains his theory of enantiodromia and relates the terrible adventures of his other self, Pigspurt, adventures too dangerous and depraved to be described in a family newspaper. Suffice it to say that this nasal infestation indulges in "carnal nosilage" and "cunnisneezus"...Campbell is an inspired original who reaches the parts other entertainers haven't even heard of." (Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph)"Demonstrates Ken Campbell's talent for capturing a comic moment and blowing it up into a great balloon of idiotic fantasy" (Jane Ellison, Evening Standard)
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A comic theatrical fugue on identity, Philip K Dick and God.,
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This review is from: Pigspurt: Or Six Pigs from Happiness (Modern Plays) (Paperback)
The performance text, more or less, with a few footnotes and entertaining illustrations of Ken Campbell's award winning comic monologue Pigspurt or Six Pigs from Happiness. A wealth of inventive storytelling most of which is autobiographical at root if not in full flower. A complexly structured but deceptively accessible associative rap encompassing Gnostic thought, theatrical anecdote, sexual role playing, an exploration of anima and animus and shadow, Philip K Dick's later work, conspiracy theory, the customs of Vanuatu, the comedy of Ken Dodd and much else besides. A funny, funny book with a few pointers to further thought. The illustrations also mean its quite fun to flick through.There aren't really any other books much like this I can think of but works in peripherally similar veins include; The BFI casebook on the Exorcist by Mark Kermode VALIS, The Divine Invasion, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K Dick, In search of VALIS by Laurence Sutin, An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley, Why is John Lennon wearing a skirt? by Claire Dowie Swimming to Cambodia by Spalding Gray Laughter in the Air by Barry Took
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