Part stand-up comedy, part performance lecture, Toy Stories takes the audience on an irreverent adventure.

Toy Stories: or, how not to make a living as an artist is a journey through art, contemporary politics and twentieth-century history, told in Chris's signature style: satirical stand-up meets lecture-demonstration.

Toy Stories sees Chris living back in his childhood home, keeping himself busy during lockdown by making artworks out of Scalextric track and other toys from his younger days.

When all around you is falling apart, can childhood toys provide some sort of grounding? And, when fake news abounds and politicians lie routinely, who's to tell Chris that his creations are just pretend?

REVIEWS OF PAST WORK (Antarctica and All Roads Lead to Rome)

***** "live art in all its glory" Three Weeks Edinburgh

*****"takes us from the personal to the political, across a great swathe of 20th Century history" The Scotsman

****"an hour of charismatic storytelling" Broadway Baby

Written and performed by CHRIS DOBROWOLSKI

Directed by PAUL BOURNE

Produced by MENAGERIE

The Newington Green Meeting House is the home of New Unity, a radically inclusive community of love and justice. This performance is part of New Unity's new community arts programme, Arts on the Green. Arts on the Green exists to provide flexible space to radical arts practitioners bringing high quality culture to our community.

Ticket refunds are not available. Tickets may be able to be transferred to a different name or for a different performance of the same event, at the box office's discretion; please contact comms@new-unity.org at least seven days in advance of the performance.