10 Jul 2025
Imaginary Friends
Daniel Bye
After a tragic event, a floundering TV comic takes comfort in his imaginary friends.
Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult
- Wheelchair user access
How do you save the world when your world has already ended? How do you hear good advice in a world with the volume turned up to eleven?
Not the nice sort, like you had when you were a kid. These are terrible people, and he knows it. But the ideas they’re coming up with for his failing show are terrific.
And is it possible that people aren’t all as bad as they seem? Or is that one idea that really is too controversial for mainstream entertainment?
Imaginary Friends is award-winning writer-performer Daniel Bye’s first solo show for seven years. This is a major event. Book now, for a wild hallucinatory ride through the looking glass of twenty-first century culture.
About Daniel Bye
Daniel is a theatre maker from Middlesbrough, now based in Lancaster. Touring work as writer-performer includes Instructions for Border Crossing ; Going Viral , which won a Scotsman Fringe First at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe; and his show for young audiences Error 404 , which was commissioned and originally produced by Polka Theatre. Arthur , made with One Tenth Human, also won a Fringe First, at the Edinburgh Festival 2019.
Visit The Beacon in Cliffe Castle Park
The Beacon is a custom-made touring venue for Bradford 2025.
From 10 July – 10 August, The Beacon will be at Cliffe Castle Park.
Plan your visit below, or get in touch with us on [email protected] for more information.
Cliffe Castle Park
Spring Gardens Ln,
Keighley,
BD20 6LH
Lighting design by Katharine Williams
Sound design by Ziad Jabero
Produced by ARC, Daniel Bye and Alphabetti Theatre
Access
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Wheelchair spaces available to book
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