by Bernard Pomerance

"Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams."

Based on the life of John Merrick, The Elephant Man tells the story of a severely deformed, isolated man who is introduced to London society in the late 1800s by physician, Frederick Treves.

Carrying the audience from the circus freak show where Treves finds Merrick, to his new life at 'home' in the London Hospital, Treves is forced to ask the question "what is good and normal"?

Pomerance's play is a moving and heart-breaking story of self-discovery, and how cruel humanity can be to things we don't understand.