{"product_id":"lorenzo","title":"LORENZO","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Ben Targét 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEight 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLORENZO\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is the full script of that life-affirming show, with illustrations by Targét 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49766226133336,"sku":"9781839042928","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781839042928_887a6e59-d85a-4268-bd72-89e9a1f51ff7.jpg?v=1777853716","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/lorenzo","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}