Bigmouth: A One-Man Mashup of the Words of History

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The show “Bigmouth” is an exploration of the power of rhetoric from the past 2,500 years. The play by Belgium’s Valentijn Dhaenens wowed the critics at last year’s Edinburgh Festival, stitching together famous words from Joseph Goebbels and George S Patton. After a successful run in London, the play is setting its sights on Australia and America.

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