Fragments of Monotony / An Audience with Sir Dickie Benson

Performing Arts
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
FUNDED

The Brethren of Levity are looking to go to the Edinburgh Fringe for their world premiere and they need your help!

The Brethren of Levity present
“Fragments of Monotony / An Audience with Sir Dickie Benson”

You are cordially invited to experience an hour of immersive character comedy from the minds of The Brethren of Levity.

‘Fragments of Monotony’ marks the first time outside of Northern England and the thirty-seventh time outside of North Stainley for semi-amateur de-motivational speaker and wheelie-bin enthusiast Johnny F. Monotone. A lifelong patron of garden centres and public toilets, Johnny is author of the self-published opus “Cubicle Dissemination”, given rave reviews by friend and local celebrity ‘Methylated Andy’, and in his own inimitable style will be educating the people of Edinburgh about his life philosophy “Do Nothing, Be Something”.

'An Audience with Sir Dickie Benson' offers a unique chance to get up close and personal with the legendary actor himself. A three time Academy Award winner, ten time nominee and former world Roman-Greco Wrestling champion, Sir Dickie candidly opens up his heart and unburdens his soul as he takes us on a personal journey of self reflection; from his first experience of ‘The Method’, through the many struggles he has faced with substance abuse, promiscuity, and countless scandals, all the way up to his as yet unreleased directorial debut 'Life Androgynous'. There will also be an exclusive opportunity to join in with a Q & A session, rehearsed reading and autograph signing.

The Brethren of Levity was formed in 2011 with the intention of creating versatile and unique character comedy. Comprising of Chortle Student Comedy Award 2012 finalist Sebastian Bloomfield as Johnny F. Monotone and professional actor and voiceover artist Peet Torjussen as Sir Dickie Benson, the show features a mixture of scripted and improvised material with a healthy serving of audience interaction, with both characters often unpredictable and always entertaining.

website: www.thebrethrenoflevity.co.uk

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Listings Information – Fragments of Monotony/An Audience with Sir Dickie Benson
4-25 August 12:30 (60 mins)
Venue Number 327: Whynot?
Non-ticketed: PBH’s Free Fringe

Johnny F. Monotone winning the Leeds Heat of the Chortle Student Comedy Award 2012

Visit Johnny's blog here.

What your money will go towards:
Advertising: We need 10,000 flyers and 100 posters printed
T-shirts for publicity
Props
Accommodation
Travel up to the Festival

We believe in this project so much are doing a 21 day run at the Free Fringe without a day off, and we will be handing out flyers in character every day. We have worked extremely hard on this project over the last snine months, and your generous donations will help us provide entertaining character comedy for all, so please donate whatever you can.

Thank you.

P.S. The beard is real, represents six months work, and Sebastian has hated it every minute it has been there. Please give generously.

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Five Pound Sponsor

£5.00 or more : £5 will buy us 362 A6 flyers or enough booze to keep Sir Dickie Running for 10 minutes. For this generous donation you will receive: Our heartfelt thanks, a personal email, and your name on our website as a supporter of the show.

 

Ten Pound Sponsor

£10.00 or more : £10 will buy us 724 A6 flyers, or 2 props, or something purple to keep Johnny amused. For this generous donation you will receive: Our heartfelt thanks, a personal email, your name on our website as a supporter of the show and a signed poster.

 

Twenty Pound Sponsor

£20.00 or more : £20 will buy us 1,448 A6 flyers, most of a night’s accommodation or one fifth of Sir Dickie’s regular skin peel treatment. For this generous donation you will receive: Our heartfelt thanks, a personal email, your name on our website as a supporter of the show, a signed poster and a personal video message from Johnny or Dickie (your choice).

 

Fifty Pound Sponsor

£50.00 or more : £50 will buy us 3,620 A6 flyers, or two night’s accommodation or most of a wheelie bin for Johnny. For this generous donation you will receive: Our heartfelt thanks, a personal email, your name on our website as a supporter of the show, a signed poster, a personal video message from Johnny or Dickie (your choice) and a chance to be part of the show!

 

One-hundred Pound Sponsor

£100.00 or more : £100 will buy us 7,240 A6 flyers, or four night’s accommodation, or a choice tie for Sir Dickie's wardrobe. For this generous donation you will receive: Our heartfelt thanks, a personal email, your name on our website as a supporter of the show, a signed poster, a personal video message from Johnny or Dickie (your choice), a chance to be part of the show and signed Brethren of Levity memorabilia!

 

Two-hundred and Fifty Pound Sponsor

£250.00 or more : £250 is a quarter of our target and will buy us all of our flyers and posters, or 10 nights’ accommodation, or Johnny's clothes for 25 years. For this extremely generous donation you will receive: Our heartfelt thanks, a personal email, your name on our website as a supporter of the show, a signed poster, a personal video message from Johnny or Dickie (your choice), a chance to be part of the show, signed Brethren of Levity memorabilia and the opportunity to have a drink with Sir Dickie Benson after the show before going on a guided tour around Edinburgh with Johnny!

 

Five-hundred Pound Sponsor

£500.00 or more : £500 is half of what we are looking for and will buy us all of our flyers, posters and travel, or most of our accommodation, or enough incentive to make Sir Dickie get out of bed at 3am. For this stupendously generous donation you will receive: Our heartfelt thanks, a personal email, your name on our website as a supporter of the show, a signed poster, a personal video message from Johnny or Dickie, a chance to be part of the show, signed Brethren of Levity memorabilia, the opportunity to have a drink with Sir Dickie Benson after the show before going on a guided tour around Edinburgh with Johnny. Also, The Brethren of Levity will come to your home, pub or place of work and perform for you after the Edinburgh Festival!