From Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son and the eponymous King Lear to Thénardier in Les Misérables and the unseen but awful Carl Jones in Lee Daniels’ film Precious, the arts offer multiple examples of fathers behaving badly – even monstrously – down the centuries.
Staged at The Street Theatre and developed through its Early Phase commissioning program, In His Words: Voices of Fatherhood blends pre-recorded interviews with live music in an immersive event designed to celebrate contemporary fatherhood.