{"product_id":"lorenzo-9781839042928","title":"Lorenzo","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Ben Targét was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2012 Edinburgh Comedy Awards, he was set on the path to becoming a critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning performance artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight years later, amidst a global pandemic, he gave it all up to become the live-in carer for his uncle: an irascible octogenarian prankster called Lorenzo Wong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLORENZO\u003c\/em\u003e is their story, a show that confronts the messiness of ageing and dying through the medium of storytelling, servitude to the audience and live carpentry, a combination not seen on the world stage since Nazareth circa 30AD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the full script of that life-affirming show, with illustrations by Targét himself. It was directed by Adam Brace, and was premiered at Summerhall, Edinburgh, during the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it was awarded a Fringe First. It subsequently transferred to Soho Theatre, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen Targét\u003c\/strong\u003e is a performance artist and award-winning comedian. His solo show \u003cem\u003eLORENZO\u003c\/em\u003e was premiered at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, winning a Fringe First award before transferring to Soho Theatre, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year in 2011, and was nominated for the Fosters Comedy Award newcomer prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690616062226,"sku":"9781839042928","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f112a0b7-4ee9-40f4-b499-f35d3e58bb15.jpg?v=1761741694","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lorenzo-9781839042928","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}