Beowulf
Adapted by Charlie Bethel
Performed by John Heimbuch
John Heimbuch performs Charlie Bethel’s popular one-person Beowulf at the Broadwater Studio as part of the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
This faithful and accessible adaptation of this classic Old English poem about a warrior king and some famous monsters, emphasizes the wit, vigor, and meaty language of the original Anglo-Saxon epic. Heimbuch first performed the work at the 2019 Minnesota Fringe Festival, where it was given a Golden Lanyard Award for outstanding performance. It has since been seen at backyards, bars, schools, theatres, wooded glens, firesides, and online.
“Heimbuch was the poet narrator, pulling us into a strange, ancient world of beasts and blood and bravery. He was the heroic Beowulf and the helpless King Hrothgar; the wise, philosophical “gold-ringed” Queen Wealththeow; the ravening monster Grendel and his swamp-monster mother; yo