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# PREVIEW: Normal Heights: Brighton Fringe May 8-19
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/preview-normal-heights-brighton-fringe-may-8-19/
- Published: 2014-05-08T19:09:31.000Z
- Updated: 2014-05-09T10:18:32.000Z
- Description: Raucous brother act from USA honours deceased uncle, while promoting inclusion and laughter. Normal Heights is the original one-and-a-half-man show that was a five-star audience favorite at the Boulder International Fringe Festival. Creator/performer Jim Walker and accompanist brother Adam bring the
- Author: Besi
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## Raucous brother act from USA honours deceased uncle, while promoting inclusion and laughter.

![Normal Heights](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/web-60056.jpg)

***Normal Heights* is the original** one-and-a-half-man show that was a five-star audience favorite at the Boulder International Fringe Festival.

Creator/performer Jim Walker and accompanist brother Adam bring the production to UK audiences for 11 shows only – at the Brighton Fringe Festival (between May 8-19) – and London’s Leicester Square Theatre (between May 26-28).

Drawn from the writings of **Edward Walker** – a gay man forcibly outed in 1950’s San Diego – the 50-minute show combines cabaret, memoir and theater to effect keen cultural satire around sexuality, masculinity and the costs of silence.

Original songs with *razor-sharp lyrics* reveal California suburbs awash in pool play, foreplay, playboys and word play. The lively and hilarious show explores coming of age (and coming to terms) in the land of don’t ask-don’t tell

A University of Colorado writing instructor & PhD, Jim was inspired to create the piece upon inheriting his late uncle’s journals. He collaborated with Denver Center for the Performing Arts composer **Gary Grundei** to create the show’s original songs.

At a time when battles rage across U.S. staterooms and courtrooms over LGBT rights, the piece’s focus on sexuality and inclusion could not be more apt.

Jim and his musician brother Adam now tour the show in honor of their deceased uncle – a man of culture and creativity who was himself an actor in 1960’s London. Thus, this UK debut is both homage and a kind of homecoming.

Original songs by Gary Grundei and Jim Walker, directed by Meridith Grundei with musical accompaniment by Adam Walker.

**Brighton performances:** **What: *Normal Heights* by Jim Walker**

**Where:** DukeBox Theatre, 3 Waterloo Street, Hove

**When:** May 8-10 and 12-13 at 8pm

**Time:** 8pm

**Cost:** £8 (£6)

**Where:** Latest Musicbar, 15-17 Manchester Street, Brighton

**When:** May 17-19

**Time:** 7pm

**Cost:** £8 (£7) £10 on the door

**To book Brighton performances, [CLICK HERE:](http://brightonfringe.org/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**

**Or telephone:** 01273 917272

**London performances:**

**What: *Normal Heights* by Jim Walker**

**Where:** Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BX

**When:** May 26-28

**Time:** 9.30pm

**Cost:** £8 (£7)

**To book London performance,[ CLICK HERE:](http://leicestersquaretheatre.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**

**Or telephone:** 08448 733433

**For more information about Normal Heights, [CLICK HERE:](http://normalheightsshow.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**