Him / He

Male | 50s | full length
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EXTRACT: I need to establish some kind of routine when I write, and I’m writing again, now, properly, at long last. When I am locked into a ridiculous ongoing drinking bender (like the Paris thing) I have some great ideas, but I don’t write - not properly. I slide around from one chaotic situation to the other… record seemingly outstanding flashes of the bender in shaky stream of consciousness note form - one moment; and wallow in devastating mind blanks and sleazy drunken hook ups, the next.

REVIEW: FRINGE: ALMOST FACE TO FACE

HARRY HUGHES, THE MUSIC, 19 SEPTEMBER 2014

“Fantastic one man show… House is an amazing story teller… not to be missed”

MELBOURNE FRINGE REVIEW: ALMOST FACE TO FACE

CAMERON WOODHEAD, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 18 SEPTEMBER 2014

“Original and powerful… lurid and confronting ultimately touching theatre.”

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WE KNOW MELBOURNE, SEPTEMBER 2014

“A work that will be talked about all over Australia and perhaps the world… must be seen”

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SOPHIE GILLFEATHER-SPETERE, ARTS HUB, 24 SEPTEMBER 2015

"At times pithy and aggressive, at others brimming with a dark humour, the skill of this AWGIE Award winning writer and actor is reflected in a script relishing in the fragility of humanity and the storytelling tradition of Ireland."

REVIEW: ALMOST FACE TO FACE

EMILY RICHARDSON, UPSTAGED REVIEWS, 22 SEPTEMBER 2015

"Living on the cusp of normalcy, sobriety and lawfulness is a precarious place, requiring only the slightest imbalance to tip you over the edge. Stephen House’s play explores the fringe of Dublin society in an intimate encounter with the whores, the dealers and those caught up in the chaos."