KARLA TALLAS - REPORTS AN EVENING WITH BRUCE DICKINSON | Page 4

Prague, October 25 th , 2019
serious topics like cancer or war into humorous
episodes. As a brewery owner, he did not hide
his passion for good Czech beer, and I do not
know whether it was one of his jokes or whether
he is actually preparing an unusual edition of
mango and chocolate beer he presented to us.
The stories are in pictorial form accompanied
by photographs projected on the screen. In the
second part, Bruce answers selected questions
from the audience.
clearly attributed to: an excellent storyteller,
entertainer and comedian.
I can hardly transform the immediacy and
fantastic atmosphere of an evening with Bruce
into words. It is something best experienced
firsthand. However, I will include at least a few
stories that Bruce Dickinson shared with us during
the evening, as well as his autobiography.
“Everything starts somewhere ...“ With these
words, Bruce Dickinson starts the story, and
there appears his photograph on the screen at
the age of 15–16. It was not possible to take a
selfie while there was no Photoshop, and Bruce
asks what people actually did before Photoshop
was created. Given today‘s technology and the
fact that it is possible to create various things in
Photoshop directly from the mobile phone, he
could if he wanted, still look like a fish thanks to
Photoshop. But he wished to have a mustache.
According to the reactions from the audience,
it certainly did not appear that anyone was
bored and there was no lack of attention worth
mentioning. The laughter from the audience
could be heard almost continuously throughout
the performance. Bruce does not choose the
classic speech of his colorful life story as a form
of his own presentation. This is a full-fledged
satirical one-man show, during which he reveals
his other talents. The list of his roles can be
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