VAMOS Theatre, the UK’s leading full mask theatre company, is bringing its latest national touring production to Bishop’s Stortford.

Funny, heart-breaking and human, The Best Thing is the latest touring production from Vamos Theatre, the UK’s leading full mask theatre company and is showing at the Rhodes Arts Complex this April.

Set in the 1960s, the show tells the story of seventeen year old Susan, growing up during the changing times of the decade. A bitter-sweet story of mistaken morals and broken hearts, 45s and beehives, the production looks at what the sexual revolution really meant for young people living through it. Humorous and poignant, The Best Thing features 1960s music and design, and is a chance to see the highest quality full mask theatre.

Award-winning Vamos Theatre has been praised by the BBC and The Stage as one of the UK’s major exponents of full mask, an innovative and unique style of theatre; it has no speech, and the story is told visually, supported by design, music, and lighting. In Vamos’s hands it’s one of the most engaging, human, and personal theatre experiences around.

The company, based in Worcester, tours nationally and internationally every year, and aims to showcase and popularise this fascinating theatre genre. Unusually for a theatre production, its visual style also makes it completely accessible to deaf and partially deaf audiences, without the need for signer or captions.

The Best Thing is a co-commission with London International Mime Festival and part of LIMF 2016. The production is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and by Worcestershire County Council.

Suitability: Age 12+
The Best Thing will be at Rhodes Arts Complex in Bishop’s Stortford on the 14th April at 8pm. Tickets are £14 / £11 concs and £10 for schools and youth groups. 
To book tickets, call the Box Office on 01279 710 200 or go online at www.rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk.