The First Bad Man
A book club based on the novel by Miranda July
Pan Pan
- Theatre
- Performance
- Participate
- Sitting
A performative book club that lives the fiction of Miranda July’s debauched classic.
Welcome to the Pan Pan's book club, where the first and only book you'll be reading all year is Miranda July's The First Bad Man. If you haven't read it, don't worry: the real story is the club itself. More than just a staging of scenes from the book or a literary dissection, The First Bad Man is an immersive, comedic, and occasionally combative look at the overlap between the play's characters and its inspirations.
July's writing addresses the delicate balance between the satisfaction of engagement and the risk of harm when we dare to show our true selves. As the members of the book club get into the book, it gets into them. Is this a club based in good faith? Or have you stepped into something darker than you signed up for?
Artistic Team
Cast
Mollyanna Ennis
Cast
Mish Grigor
Cast
Faith Jones
Directed by
Gavin Quinn
Designed by
Aedín Cosgrove
Music by
Simon Kenny
Movement Director
Katherine O’Malley
Assistant Director
Grace Morgan
Produced by
Emma Coen
Stage Manager
Clare Howe
A book club based on the novel by Miranda July.
Created by Mish Grigor and Gavin Quinn with Aedín Cosgrove, Luka Costello, Clare Howe, Sonya Kelly, Simon Kenny, Grace Morgan, Katherine O’Malley and Dylan Tighe.
Supporters
Pan Pan is supported by the Arts Council, Culture Ireland and Dublin City Council. The First Bad Man was re-developed with the support of the National Theatre Studio’s Generate programme.
Supported by Readings.
