BUNNY BUNNY
“Masterful clowning shows us a woman struggling with life in a way that will be all too familiar to many: full of humour and pathos, as all clowns should be.”
Everything Theatre
“Lester’s performance is central to the sheer joy of Bunny Bunny. The show is Bunny, and Bunny is the show. One could not exist without the other. From the moment she bursts through the theatre door, dressed in a one-piece swimming costume, heels and that nose, she commands the stage, making use of every inch available. [...]
Bunny Bunny offers time for both serious fun and space for introspection. Bunny is someone we all know, or maybe even, she is ourselves; trying her best in a world that really is tough. She is a blend of pure clown, the girl next door and sex kitten, a confusing mix indeed – but then aren’t all the fun people full of contradictions? This is certainly one of those fringe shows that will find further life outside of Camden.”
Rob Warren, Everything Theatre, Camden Fringe
Created/performed by Nora Kelly Lester
Director: Nessa Matthews
Set/costume design: Ellen Kirk
Lighting design: Conor Byrne
Photography: Graeme C. Photography
Graphic design: Lloyd Collins
Development Supported by The Arts Council, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Scene+ Heard, Wexford Arts Centre, ISACS, Dublin Circus Project and Dance Ireland.
‘Bunny Bunny’ is a one-woman clown show by Nora Kelly Lester Directed by Nessa Matthews
Take a trip down the rabbit hole with Bunny... Men, money, motherhood, sex, politics, the world? What's it all about? Poor Bunny! She doesn't know whether she's coming or going... or does she know exactly what she's doing?
Torn between what she wants, and what she thinks she should want, Bunny experiences the dilemmas faced by many 30-something-women in today’s world. Posing questions, poking fun, unsettling her audience, she makes them think and laugh and question their perceptions of her and of themselves.
A riotous, absurd romantic comedy filled with piggy banks, ex-lovers, their new lovers and songs about hotel soap.
“Bunny Bunny is a rare breed of seemingly improvised sketches, which in actuality, have been so finely tuned to seem as if Lester speaks off the cuff. Although each sketch we saw was different, they flowed into one cohesive story and it was incredibly relatable. I felt the writing, physical comedy, and ingenuity to be on par with Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag.”
Laura Kuhnis, The Review Hub, Smock Alley