What

One Man Mummers is a play based on a traditional mummers play. It is performed as a result of dialogue where the question "what is mumming?" is asked. As is normally the case, other mummers are not available in this situation, nor are there the necessary costumes or props. So this play has been written to be performed by one person, with minimal props and costume, in any location, at any time of the day or the year. I see the play not only as an extension of the mumming I've done with the Byker Mummers, but is also part of an ongoing performance discourse, aimed at informing and enriching people's understanding of mumming and the mumming tradition. Most importantly, it is part of a process of my own performance language development. I am interested in the mummers play as a unique expression of my identity - the identity of Graeme and the identity of Graeme-the-English. I am my own English, I have my own sense of connection with a place that is different from yours - whether you're English or not.