Not Me

The path to wellbeing for people with addictive tendencies? Connections. 

Not Me is a thrilling and humorous performance adapted from Marianne Dissard's deeply-engaging and fearless 2019 memoir of trauma and the life of a disordered touring musician. Not your typical recovery memoir - by far - it is a stunning and searing tale from an eccentric musician and artistic powerhouse turned into a beautiful and deeply affecting piece of live performance.

The play flawlessly weaves Dissard's music (Tucson desert rock-meets-Chanson) with excerpts from the book and videos by Dissard and collaborator Julia Alcamo, and showcases performance skills honed by ten+ years on worldwide stages.

“Marianne Dissard is that rare sort of talent: a literary chanteuse who renders the whole world with keen observations, wit, and pathos.” Mitch Cullin (A Slight Trick of the Mind and Tideland)

"Disguised as a contemporary take on one woman's attempt to regain life balance through yoga and self-awareness, the text is actually an existential howl on the order of Duras, Daumal, Bataille." (director Kurt Voss).

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"An eccentric character who releases very fine and wonderful records, in fact so eccentric she once toured the French Pyrénées on foot with a donkey". Marc Riley BBC6

"Often improbably funny, too, Not Me is without doubt one of the best books I've read this year." Andrew Smith (Moondust and Totally Wired)

Marianne Dissard is a French-American singer, performer, author, and filmmaker. She is based in Ramsgate, Kent. Her critically-acclaimed desert noir music was recorded and toured worldwide with members of Giant Sand and Calexico (producers of her debut album).

Approx running time 1 hour

All tickets include a £1 admin charge