Looking For John

Presented by Birmingham Repertory Theatre in association with Homotopia and Shout Festival
Written and Performed by Tony Timberlake

'As I watched him it was me gliding, spinning, twisting, and turning, every gesture so precise and expressive. Loving it all, dancing and skating, watching him, me being him'

1976. 19 million people watched Birmingham-born skater John Curry win Olympic Gold. Just hours after his victory, he was outed by a German tabloid. For one young boy, John’s iconic Olympic routine and subsequent personal unravelling changed his life forever.

Looking For John is a powerful, heartfelt and comic story of one man’s obsession with a forgotten icon and his journey to get a forgotten hero celebrated once more.