Help! I Think I’m a Nationalist
A new one man comedy show about identity, second homes, nationalism, xenophobia, bagpipes and Aphex Twin. Written & Performed by Seamas Carey, directed by Agnieszka Blonska.
“★★★★
Entertaining and layered”
“brave, thought provoking, heartfelt and funny”
“★★★★
nuanced”
“Top Pick of the Fringe
Lyn Gardner ”
“★★★★
thought-provoking”
“The comic causing uproar in Cornwall”
Cornwall is at a tipping point.
House prices soar, the population shifts, tensions rise. Between facebook spats, country lane stand-offs and rants down the pub, nobody’s really talking, and fewer are listening.
Seamas is confused. He is desperately trying to understand.
He’s watched a wave of gentrification sweep through his rural home town. There’s nowhere to live, yet everyone else has second homes. He wishes Cornwall was more welcoming and inclusive, yet watches it being drastically changed by “up country” money.
Could closing borders and nationalism be the answer?
Where’s the line between pride and power? What happens when it all goes too far?
Seamas needs help. He needs your help.
Written & performed by Seamas Carey. Directed by Agnieszka Blonska. Designer Rebecca McDonald. Technician: Louis King. Produced by Seamas Carey & imPOSSIBLE
ABOUT SEAMAS CAREY
https://seamascareymusic.com/home
Seamas Carey is a Cornish artist best known for his anarchic, interactive and community based projects such as Pagan Pandemonium, I Wish I Was A Standing Stone and Seamas Carey Meets His 4 Year Old Self (Emma Rice’s 2019 theatre highlight, The Guardian). He also conducts Cornwall’s first alternative male voice choir, Men Are Singing. In 2020 he was the winner of the Maurice O’Connell Bursary Award. Seamas is a multi-instrumentalist (accordion, piano, double bass, bagpipes) and has worked for the past nine years as a composer, performer, choir leader, musical director, puppeteer, silent film pianist and piano tuner. He grew up in Cornwall where he still lives, but has toured all over the world with theatre productions by Wildworks, Kneehigh and Sally Cookson.
Seamus also has a brand new podcast out called The Reason Why. Inspired by the research for Help! I Think I’m a Nationalist, Seamus takes a deep dive look into the social issues, housing crisis, hidden history and culture wars in contemporary Cornwall.
HELP I THINK IM A NATIONALIST
Interested venues programming pack available to download here.
