"The story they said couldn't be written, by the man they said couldn't succeed." A warm, interactive event featuring sections from the book by Danny Scott.
Phoenix Performing Arts Trust are inviting you to a free presentation of Numb – the Edge of Feeling by Danny Scott in an intimate and interactive atmosphere – involving live music, poetry, readings/spoken word, mime/physical theatre and audience interaction (improvisation).
Danny Scott (MA) is an international performer and director whose specialism is Mime and Physical Theatre, now based in Coventry. He won a double scholarship to the London Mime Centre in 1982, toured and performed in many contexts before making his debut on the London West End with his own solo show “China Dolls” in 1990. Since then, he has lived and worked in many countries, producing his own physical theatre pieces in the Edinburgh and Prague Fringe a number of times and has worked extensively in training, including being a guest teacher at RADA, Mountview and Goldsmiths amongst a number of others. In addition, he has worked widely in corporate consultancy, prisons and youth detention centres and schools.
The Story Abandoned at just 15 months on a London street, Danny Scott's life began with harsh rejection – and the years that followed only deepened it. Children's homes. Foster care. The savage racially-motivated bullying in school that pushed him to the edge of suicide. Expelled at 16, barely literate, his future looked non-existent. But then he had a life-changing encounter. Decades later, Danny has built an international performing career spanning 40 countries – from corporate boardrooms to prison cells, prestigious universities to youth detention centres, stages and performing arts academies to psychiatric wards.
“This is a very brave book… utterly compelling – heart-breaking yet profoundly uplifting” Adrian Snell
“An awe-inspiring story of courage and immense resilience” Martyn Joseph
“A legend – a remarkable guy and one of the most gifted people I know in his field…” Patrick Regan (OBE)
A warm, interactive event featuring sections from the book by Danny Scott and featuring professional and local community performers. Books will be on sale and there will be opportunity for Q&A and author signings.