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Day of the Flymo
Returns to Live Theatre Following Sell-Out Run
Day of the Flymo
Newcastle Live Theatre
Thursday 12th to Saturday 21st November 2015
What
do you do when the state decides it’s going to take over from your Mam? A play
by award-winning writer, Paddy Campbell.
Day of the Flymo is to
return to Newcastle’s Live Theatre next month,with shows from Thursday
12th to Saturday 21st November, following its sell-out run at Live Theatre earlier this
year, when it was awarded four stars by The Guardian.
Written by award winning playwright Paddy Campbell (Wet House),
Day of the Flymo looks at the chaotic lives of a brother and sister
struggling to cover up the cracks and the mechanisms that swing into action
when social services step in. It asks what do you do when the state decides
it’s going to take over from your Mam?
The same cast returns including talented young actors from Live’s
Youth Theatre including Kalem Patterson (age 14, from Ryton), Tezney Mulroy
(age 17, from Newcastle), and Sophie Pitches (age 17, from North Shields), once
again supported by a professional cast of Jill Dellow (Chalet
Lines), a former member of Live's Youth
Theatre, and Akemnji Ndifornyen.
Paddy Campbell has been appointed
as the inaugural joint Live Theatre & Northumbria University’s writer in residence. See NETG article LINK.
Paddy moved to Newcastle from Northern Ireland 13 years ago to study fine art and sculpture at Northumbria University and has come through Live Theatre’s writing development programme whilst
working in a children's home, which provided the inspiration
for Day of the Flymo.
Writer
Paddy Campbell, said: "I am delighted that 'Day of the Flymo' is
returning to Live Theatre. The audience reaction and having a sell-out run in
April was incredible. I'm looking forward to it being back on stage in November
during my writer-in-residence year with Live Theatre and Northumbria University."
The
Artistic Director of Live Theatre, Max Roberts, said: "Those who saw
Paddy’s first play Wet House will be aware of Paddy's talent. And as we saw in
April, he has again created another hard hitting piece about the care system he
has known as an insider. For those people not lucky enough to see Day of the
Flymo during its first run - it's political, at times tragic, and is packed
with Paddy's trade mark dark humour.”
Paddy
Campbell’s first full length play, Wet House (NETG Review LINK), was the winner of three
Journal Culture Awards, and voted one of The Guardian’s Top 10 Plays of 2013.
After a sell-out run at Live Theatre in 2013, as part of Live Theatre’s 40th
anniversary year, Wet House returned to Live Theatre and toured to Hull
Truck Theatre and Soho Theatre in 2014. Day of the Flymo previewed at
Live Theatre in April 2015.
Day
of the Flymo is at Live Theatre, Newcastle from Thursday 12 to Saturday 21 November
2015. A free Meet the Writer
event takes place at 6pm
before the performance on Friday
13 November, in which writer Paddy Campbell, artistic director
Max Roberts, director Paul James will talk about the making of the play and are
joined by Dr. Matt Hargrave from Northumbria University to talk about
the joint writer in residence. There is also a free Talkback discussion,
at 9pm
on Tuesday 17
November, (approximately ten minutes after the end of the play)
in which the writer, director, actors from the show talk about the
process of bringing the show to the stage.
Creatives:
Written
by Paddy Campbell
Directed by Paul James
Assistant Director Rachel Glover
Directed by Paul James
Assistant Director Rachel Glover
Set
Design by Phil Green
Tickets:
Day of the Flymo comes to Live Theatre from Thursday 12th to Saturday 21st November.
Day of the Flymo comes to Live Theatre from Thursday 12th to Saturday 21st November.
PERFORMANCES:
Tuesday to Saturday, 7.30pm
MATINEE: Saturday 14 November, 2pm
MATINEE: Saturday 14 November, 2pm
DURATION: Approx 1hr 20mins
SUITABILITY: 13+, contains strong language and some scenes of violence
TICKETS:
£18-£10, over 60s conc. £16-£12 other concs. £10-6
ASSISTED
PERFORMANCES:
BSL Tuesday 17 November, 7.30pm
Captioned Wednesday 18 November, 7.30pm
Touch Tour Thursday 19 November, 6pm
Audio Described Thursday 19 November, 7.30pm
Related Events:
Friday
13 November, 6pm - Meet the Writer
Discover more about Paddy Campbell’s approach to writing as he talks about being Live Theatre and Northumbria University’s inaugural Writer in Residence, with director Paul James, Artistic Director Max Roberts and Dr. Matt Hargrave, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts, Northumbria University.
DATES: Fri 13 November, 6pm
LOCATION: Main Theatre
DURATION: Approx. 40mins
SUITABILITY: 13+
LOCATION: Main Theatre
DURATION: Approx. 40mins
SUITABILITY: 13+
TICKETS: Free, booking essential
Tuesday
17 November, Approx 9pm (10 minutes after the end of the play) – Talkback
Join writer Paddy Campbell, director Paul James and the actors from the show as they talk about the process of bringing the show to the stage and discuss the issues raised in the play
DATES: Tues 17 Nov, 9pm (10 minutes after the end of the play)
LOCATION: Main Theatre
DURATION: Approx. 40mins
SUITABILITY: 13+
TICKETS: Free, booking essential
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