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‘The War of the Worlds’ The
classic tale is restored to its authentic
Victorian setting in this original one-
man performance, scripted and
performed by Jonathan Goodwin. The
chances against anything manlike on
Mars were a million to one. And yet,
mankind finds itself on the brink of
extinction when aggressive creatures
from that remote planet land on Earth.
‘The Time Machine’
An original one-man adaptation of the
classic H.G. Wells scientific romance.
Plunging hundreds of thousands of years
into the future, far from being some
Utopian paradise, London has instead
become a wasteland populated by the
ineffectual Eloi. Meanwhile, underground,
lurking in the darkness lie the horrifying
Morlocks! An authentic and faithful take
on the source material, scripted by
Jonathan Goodwin and co-directed by
Goodwin and Gary Archer.
‘First Men in the Moon’
An original adaptation of the H. G.
Wells classic, ‘The First Men in the
Moon’. A high spirited and rollicking
scientific romance that sees our two
protagonists go boldly where no
Victorians have gone before. To the
moon! Though the surface of the strange
celestial body is challenging enough,
what untold horrors may lurk beneath?
‘The Invisible Man’
Ingenious. Invisible. Insane. One of the
greatest science fiction tales of all time is
adapted by Don't Go Into The Cellar!
Based on the classic H.G. Wells novella,
Jonathan Goodwin plays a host of
characters including the deranged
scientist Griffin whose invisibility drug
leads to his undertaking a murderous
rampage across the Sussex countryside.
Jonathan Goodwin performs a show
scripted by himself and co-directed with
Gary Archer.
‘Island of Dr Moreau’
The Father of Science Fiction, H. G. Wells
created one of his most chilling and prophetic
masterpieces with this chilling tale of the
sadistic Dr Moreau. Castaway Prendick
thinks he is fortunate to arrive at Moreau's
Pacific island. However, once he realises
what the Doctor's curious experiments
involve, a desperate fight for survival ensues.
Famously filmed with Charles Laughton and
Bela Lugosi in 1933 and again in 1996 with
Marlon Brando, this one-man production
stars Jonathan Goodwin.
‘Victorian A.I.’
Many of us rightly regard the recent
boom in "artificial intelligence" with
suspicion and unease. But our Victorian
ancestors also experienced similar
existential dread and angst with regards
to technological advances being made at
the expense of humanity. Here we
dramatize several classics from the era,
by writers such as Jerome K. Jerome and
H. G. Wells. Jonathan Goodwin performs
in this one-man production.
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