You Build The Thing You Think You Are

You Build The Thing You Think You Are

2020 · 53 min · Comedy

In 2018 Joz Norris had a breakdown that made him afraid to leave his own flat. In 2019 he was evicted from that flat and had to say goodbye to the identity he had constructed for himself in the eight years he lived there. You Build The Thing You Think You Are is an absurdist storytelling show about how we construct ourselves, about the accumulation of rubbish both in our heads and in our homes, about feeling more at home in your mind than in your body, and about the struggle to ever share any of this stuff with another human being. It's about a Romanian Troll/Goblin thing who just wants to sing the hits and learn how to dance; about a Van Morrison gig that accidentally came to be the cornerstone of a personality; and about a gong bath so profound that it caused someone's spine to grow by two inches.

Directed by Alex Hardy · Written by Joz Norris

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Joz Norris Joz/Romanian Troll Goblin
Katy Mitchell Katy
Emily Day Prospective Housemate
Grace Gibson Grace
Harriet Kemsley Mother
Thom Tuck Thom

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