BECOMING AN ANEDCOTE

A play by Mitchell Botting.

A fabricated memoir; an ill-concealed truth. A second-person solo show about how, after you die, I try to tell your story.

“Hancox-Monk perfectly portrays the conflicting emotions connected to an impossible situation, captivating the awestruck audience until the end.” — Regional News, Numi Stössner

“as entertaining as it is heartbreaking.” — Regional News, Numi Stössner

“This show is a lot for one actor…but Stevie Hancox-Monk does it phenomenally. They move about the stage fluidly like moving through memory. They change their body to inhabit the age and stage they’re portraying at that moment. They play the comedy softly and with such ease and as much brilliant nuance as the script itself. Stevie brings so much pathos to this character but a clean honesty that allows the stinging self-flagellating truthfulness in the script to hit us.” — Theatreview, Gin Mabey

“phenomenally performed” — Theatreview, Gin Mabey

Becoming an Anecdote premiered at BATS Theatre in Te Whanganui-a-Tara in 2026.

It was written and directed by Mitchell Botting, with dramaturgical support from Stevie Hancox-Monk. Performed by Stevie Hancox-Monk, with musical composition and sound design by Walker Martyn.