The show is inspired by writer and director SamBailey’s own personal history and explores the repercussions of clinical depression.
Black Dog Gold Fish has been created by Parrot in the Tank in collaboration with Barrel Organ’s Joe Boylan, Gaulier graduate Andrea Foa and actor and filmmaker Kyle Shephard.
The show premieres at the Hen & Chickens Theatre following performances at the 2015 Vault Festival and a period of redevelopment supported by the Arts Council England.
Talking about the show director and writer Sam Bailey said: “I wanted to make a show that dealt with depression, partly to air out the thoughts and discoveries I’d had from struggling with it through most of my adult life, but out of a sort of responsibility to create work that makes it more visible and accessible to audiences.”