Frome based actor Pip Utton is a much loved performer on the Artsreach circuit, with his fascinating portrayals of well-known figures such as Hitler, Churchill and Dickens touring to great acclaim over recent years.
Focusing on a true genius of the cinema, Utton is back this spring to explore the life of Charlie Chaplin behind the façade of his character the ‘Tramp’ – the creation that made him the highest paid actor of his time and opened the doors of society and celebrity. Accused in later years of sexual perversion by the press, vilified for his treatment of ex-wives and branded a communist, Chaplin had his American vise revoked and he settled in Switzerland, where he lived out the rest of his life with his wife Oona and their children.
Chaplin had created an image of himself for public consumption that hid the darker sides of his personality. Using cleverly produced film footage, Utton steps in and out of Chaplin’s world, between the reality and the creation.
‘Chaplin’ is a captivating exposure of the life of one the only men in history to produce, direct, edit, perform in and compose the score for his own films. An Edinburgh Fringe favourite, and highly acclaimed by theatre critics, Pip Utton is one to watch, and where better than in the intimacy of a village hall? Don’t miss ‘Chaplin’ at:
West Stafford Village Hall. Friday 17th January, 7:30pm. Tel: 01305 261984
Utton will also perform Chaplin in Burton Bradstock on Saturday 1st March
‘Master of the one man show’ The Guardian
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