A
deliciously dark new comedy coming to Washington
Choir
Arts Centre Washington
Thursday
11 & Friday 12 September
Coming
to Arts Centre Washington on Thursday 11 & Friday 12 September, Encounter
Productions presents dark new comedy Choir written by Lee Mattinson.
CHOIR
is an exploration of community and companionship, hilarious and heartbreaking
in turn, as one man strives to find his voice through song, storytelling and spoons.
CHOIR is
a co-production between Encounter, Alnwick Playhouse, ARC Stockton, Arts Centre
Washington and Northern Stage. It has
been developed through the Bridging the Gap scheme, which was established to
create and tour new theatre across the North East.
This
one-man play stars North East actor Donald McBride as Francis, the
reincarnation of Judy Garland who remembers every movie take and mistake from
his not so distant past life. And so Francis vows to pave his very own yellow
brick road in order to avoid the crippling demons he experienced as Judy. An
anarchic twist on the vintage glamour of MGM musicals, CHOIR uses dark
humour to ask deeper questions about what it means to be loved and our shared
need to avoid the cruel chill of loneliness.
Encounter
Productions are an Associate Company of ARC Stockton Arts Centre and make
highly visual and physical theatre to entertain and engage audiences. Earlier
this year they completed a sell-out run of Streets in the Sky, a play performed
in a disused house commissioned by Halifax Festival.
Lee
Mattinson has written for Live Theatre, Bush Theatre, National Theatre, West
Yorkshire Playhouse and Paines Plough. His latest show Crocodiles is being
produced by Royal Exchange Manchester and will premiere at the venue in
October.
Tickets:
Choir
is suitable for people aged 16+; Tickets £8.50 / £6.00 (conc)
Tickets
or for more information phone box Arts Centre Washington Box office on 0191 219 3455 or
go to www.artscentrewashington.co.uk
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