BARNES’ PEOPLE: LOSING MYSELF (Original Theatre Online/Perfectly Normal Productions/Theatre Royal Windsor)****

 

By Cal 

Link for Losing Myself: https://originaltheatreonline.com/productions/16/barnes-people-losing-myself-starring-matthew-kelly

Link for complete series: https://originaltheatreonline.com/productions/14/barnes-people-complete-series 

Available until: 31^st July 2021

Losing Myself is the final monologue in the set of four that were recorded and released by Original Theatre Online. It’s been a fascinating series and one thing that has stood out is that they’re actually not that dramatic. There is certainly drama, but it’s not of the kind you get in soap operas. It’s not all affairs and fist fights. There’s nothing hugely controversial or taboo. It’s just four relatively ordinary people speaking about an aspect of their lives – and it’s great.

BARNES' PEOPLE: BILLY & ME (Original Theatre Online/Perfectly Normal Productions)****

 

By Tommy

Link for Billy & Me: https://originaltheatreonline.com/productions/15/barnes-people-billy-me-starring-jon-culshaw

Link for complete series: https://originaltheatreonline.com/productions/14/barnes-people-complete-series 

Available until: 31^st July 2021

The third monologue in the astounding inventive Barnes’ People is a conversation between a ventriloquist and his dummies.

The ventriloquist is feeling depressed, as he often does, and he has difficulty in believing a conversation with Billy – who is, after all, a character of his own creation – can be of any particular benefit to him. Billy is loquacious and has strong opinions, particularly when he is accused of being merely a ventriloquist’s dummy. Billy believes that he is considerably more than that.

BARNES’ PEOPLE: ROSA (Original Theatre/Perfectly Normal Productions)****

  

By Emma 

Link for Rosa: https://originaltheatreonline.com/productions/17/barnes-people-rosa-starring-jemma-redgrave

Link to set of four monologues: https://originaltheatreonline.com/productions/14/barnes-people-complete-series

Available until: 31^st July 2021

Rosa is a sad story but it really makes you think. You hear a lot of horror stories about people whose job it is to help the vulnerable. They speak to the elderly and the disabled as though they’re stupid. They take children away from parents who love them and leave children with their abusers. They make decisions on other people’s behalf and if anyone dares to argue that just proves they weren’t fit to make the decision in the first place.