The Poof Downstairs

When he was fourteen Jon Haynes wrote the first draft of the autobiographical play that eventually became The Poof Downstairs. He sent it to every theatre in the country. No one wanted it. He wrote another play called The Penis, which he thought was much better than The Poof. No one wanted that either. Several years later Jon returned to the earlier work, realised it was a neglected masterpiece and decided to put it on. He would play the part of himself and get two actor friends to play his parents. Or so he thought...

Artistic director of Ridiculusmus, Jon Haynes, returns to Battersea Arts Centre with this ‘very, very funny’ (Time Out) one man show.

‘An exceptionally polished performance’ TIME OUT