Philosophy of the World

About

A delirious, genre-defying explosion of sound, fury and feminist fire. It’s raucous, relentless and utterly alive, twisting and turning through the strange, tragic, true story of outsider musicians, The Shaggs.

A long time ago, a man from a small town in New Hampshire received a palm reading. It told him his daughters would form a famous rock band. So he set about making that fate happen. The result is one album Philosophy Of The World (1969). Ridiculed in their fathers lifetime but revered as proto punk icons years later by Kurt Cobain and Frank Zappa, The Shaggs finally met their fate.

Featuring questionable mime, high-intensity dance, awkward crowd work, stage combat, cheap wigs, gabber kicks, philosophising, and a well-trained actor, In Bed With My Brother twist rock ‘n’ roll history into a sweaty, sticky, searing rebellion.

It’s a wild, tongue-in-cheek reclamation of who gets to define you, who decides whether you’re a legend or a loser and who owns the right (and the rights) to tell your story.

This show is a part of caravan assembly, a three-day event that presents contemporary performance made in England to an audience of international programmers and collaborators. The performances are open to the public as part of Brighton Festival and sit alongside a series of industry conversations and discussions for those participating in the assembly. caravan assembly is delivered by Farnham Maltings in partnership with Brighton Festival.