Mr. Benn – A Femoir
Writer/Performer
Mr. Benn: A Femoir is an exploration of life, from one costume change to the next. We are introduced to the world of Mister Benn, a British animation from 1971. In each episode, Mr Benn leaves the costume shop through a magic door at the back of the changing room and enters a world appropriate to his chosen costume, where he has an adventure (which usually contains a moral) before the shopkeeper reappears to lead him back to the changing room, and the story comes to an end. Mr Benn returns to his normal life, but is left with a small souvenir of his magical adventure. Emerging from this on-screen world of costumes is an on-stage world of costumes into which Dolores steps one by one as she travels through her semi-fictional life exploring it's own adventure aided by story and song.