Diary of a Madman, Venue 13, 3 to 24 August (except 14) 4pm, £8 (£6 concessions)
Considered by many to be Gogol’s best work, Diary of a Madman is set in 1830s St Petersburg among the petty bourgeoisie of Tsarist Russia.
The one man show is based on the character of Poprishchin (performed by Robert Bowman) who is a 40 year-old low ranking civil servant driven insane by government bureacracy and hierarchy.
Gogol’s dark comedy focuses on how one man’s reality spirals deeper into a surreal fantasy world – dogs talk, they write love letters, his bosses are mad and hell bent on destroying him. But a final, thrilling discovery suddenly makes sense of the chaos.
Wales-based actor Robert Bowman, (Royal National Theatre and Sherman Cymru) will captivate audiences with his arresting portrayal of one of Gogol’s most entertaining characters.
