{"id":116,"date":"2024-07-04T13:44:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T13:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackandkiki.co.uk\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2024-07-04T13:44:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T13:44:46","slug":"116-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jackandkiki.co.uk\/116-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man Who Knows Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”3.6px” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]

The Man Who Knows Everything<\/h1>\n

A theatre show for inquisitive children<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”400px” height=”400px” top_divider_style=”graph2″ top_divider_color=”#FFFFFF” bottom_divider_style=”graph2″ bottom_divider_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_fullwidth_header _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”http:\/\/jackandkiki.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/the-man-poster.jpg” min_height=”100%” height=”100%” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″ title_text=”the man poster”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” custom_padding=”||0px|||”]

The Man Who Knows Everything 2018<\/h3>\n
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What would you ask someone who knew absolutely everything in the whole wide world?<\/p>\n

What would a dinosaur watch on TV?
Why isn\u2019t cat food mouse flavoured?
Who invented alphabet spaghetti?
What\u2019s the smelliest food?
What will I be when I grow up?

Join Ophelia (Anna Larkin) as she meets The Man Who Knows Everything (Jack Stark), who shares some of the best stories in the world including Aesop\u2019s fables, Brothers Grimm and many more. Performed by two comic performers with decades of experience in music, puppetry, comedy and illusions, this is an unforgettable hour to stimulate everyone\u2019s imagination.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]

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\u2026 a beautifully well-executed comedy show.\u00a0A simple and silly two-hander, it features mime artist and clown Jack Stark as the title character, a man who tells us he does indeed know everything.\u00a0Stark\u2019s role here is fully speaking and very physical, playing alongside Anna Larkin in an equal \u2013 and equally demanding \u2013 part as his foil. The pair work well together, building a rapport with spark, very visual action (the closing magic trick is spectacular) and a bunch of fun props and audience interactions when The Man decides to tell us one of his many parable-like short stories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


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Almost every line brings a chuckle, giggle or squeal of hilarity from the young audience \u2013 and many adults too \u2013 as mime artist Jack Stark and Anna Larkin romp through zanily comic dialogue and clown-style storytelling from Aesop, Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, with Emperor\u2019s Clothes the most engaging. They also puzzle over the world\u2019s biggest and smallest birds, checking Jack’s claim as The Man Who Knows Everything. Smelly socks, hats, plastic bones, giant clothes pegs and a dead crow are but few items from a voluminous props box given wondrous effect as the intrepid pair pursue their quest for the magical bird with the golden feather.<\/p>\n


Deploying simple elements of physical theatre from tumbling to frantic searching among the audience, comical gestures, jumbled language and funny accents, this breathless laugh-making duo transform a tiny performance area into a magical imaginary realm of queens, emperors, knights \u2013 and sock guards with plastic eyes! Skilfully improvising around rehearsed key lines, plot themes and focal props, multi-talented Anna Larkin and Jack Stark create a fast-paced and constantly funny children\u2019s show.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span>\u2013 The Stage\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Both performers ensure that this is a children\u2019s show bursting with wit, energy and a gentle self-mockery of the production\u2019s somewhat limited special effects budget, and the occasionally necessary overacting. Larkin and Stark are a perfectly matched team, ensuring that there\u2019s no chance of boredom setting in. Almost every line of dialogue inspires a laugh of some kind; those that don\u2019t are usually covered with some kind of physical comedy.<\/p>\n

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Much of the story is a succession of retellings of several classic folk stories, from Aesop to the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen; each retelling is filled with \u201cbusiness\u201d utilising their limited range of props and costumes to the best of their ability. Arguably the show\u2019s biggest production number \u2013 after Ophelia\u2019s initial quest is over \u2013 is a dramatisation of\u00a0<\/span>The Emperor\u2019s New Clothes<\/em>, although this isn\u2019t to overlook the success of the regular side-steps into some of the fascinating facts known by\u00a0<\/span>The Man Who Knows Everything<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 with the disgusting subjects of bogies and rhino poo invariably getting the children\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n

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This show is so smoothly performed at what appears like break-neck speed that it\u2019s surely choreographed to within an inch of its life \u2013 no mean feat given the small size of the room. But there\u2019s a freshness, an honest exuberance which is undeniable; Larkin and Stark are brilliant at turning what is essentially a nondescript function room into a magical playground filled with regal queens, foolish emperors and castle guards played by boggle-eyed sock puppets.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a genuine disappointment when the show comes to an end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span>\u2013 Broadway Baby<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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