Work-in-progress of a one man pirate adventure. Captain Eddie Blunt is due to be hanged, but he's given an offer he can't refuse. Gather a misfit crew, find a mysterious island, and retrieve the mythical Kraken's Eye. Pursued by the Navy and the Inquisition, what could possibly go wrong?
Praise for previous show 'GUN':
Shortlisted for the New Writing South ‘Best New Writing Award’ 2018
***** Everything Theatre
***** Edinburgh Culture Review
***** ReviewsHub
'The writing is killer sharp... Hartley's energy, charisma, and ineffable confidence fill the stage' (AYoungerTheatre.com).
**** The List
**** Three Weeks
**** Bouqets and Brickbats
Will Hartley was part of award-winning sketch group Clever Peter, with whom he co-wrote and starred in sell-out Edinburgh Fringe shows, toured nationally, and created a critically acclaimed Radio 4 series, ‘Strap In - It’s Clever Peter’ (Pozzitive Productions) Additionally he has been on screen in The One Griff (BBC), Tracey Ullman Breaks the News (BBC), Cardinal Burns (Channel 4), Otherworld (BBC3) and BAFTA-nominated CBBC sketch show FIT. He has toured Italy and England in The Picture of Dorian Gray, as the eponymous Jekyll and Hyde for the European Arts Company, and the late Snoo Wilson’s Lovesong Of The Electric Bear.
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Swearing, probably.