Lorenzo

By Ben Targét

When Ben Targ t was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2012 Edinburgh Comedy Awards, he was set on the path to becoming a critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning performance artist.

Eight years later, amidst a global pandemic, he gave it all up to become the live-in carer for his uncle: an irascible octogenarian prankster called Lorenzo Wong.

LORENZO is their story, a show that confronts the messiness of ageing and dying through the medium of storytelling, servitude to the audience and live carpentry, a combination not seen on the world stage since Nazareth circa 30AD.

This book is the full script of that life-affirming show, with illustrations by Targ t himself. It was directed by Adam Brace, and was premiered at Summerhall, Edinburgh, during the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it was awarded a Fringe First. It subsequently transferred to Soho Theatre, London.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839042923
• ISBN13: 9781839042928
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 7.7"