Richard Jordan Productions and Assembly Festival Present THE TRUMAN CAPOTE TALK SHOW

Bob Kingdom's portrayal of Truman Capote, the brilliant and tortured, adorable and wicked writer of Breakfast At Tiffany's and In Cold Blood has spellbound audiences all over the world enjoying a sell-out season in London's West End and Off-Broadway.

Capote - social butterfly, gossipmonger and faded novelist - is brought back from the dead in Bob Kingdom's award-winning one-man show, dropping names until those names drop him. Never lapsing into biography or lecture, this piece brings the later middle of the twentieth century into sharp focus through Capote's slightly jaded eyes.

Elvis, Camus, Frost, Marilyn, Thurber, Gore Vidal; all bit parts in the world Truman Capote moved through. The slightly seedy glamour of Breakfast at Tiffany's and the intelligence of its author shine through the script, bringing out the tragedy threaded through Capote's humour.

Capturing the man and his times despite the Capote estate forbidding any direct quotation is no easy task, but Kingdom succeeds with ease. His performance is scarily accurate; the wardrobe, the mannerisms, the camp, acerbic humour is precise. But this is so much more than impersonation, bringing a man who faded from view, from the fame he craved, as the world lost interest, back into the spotlight he deserved - or at least needed.

Venue: Assembly (Drawing Room), Mound Place, EH1 2LU

Dates and Times: 3 - 27 August at 11.05am

Running Time: 65 mins

Tickets: £6 on 3 & 4 Aug

£11 (£10) on 5, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24 Aug

£12 (£11) on 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 Aug

Box Office: www.assembly.com

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