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From Teesside to the moon – local man’s play is
set for big laughs at ARC this week
Where Do All the Dead Pigeons Go?
Stockton Arc
Thursday 22nd
September 2016
An award-winning theatre maker, actor and Stockton lad is heading to ARC
on Thursday to put on quite a show about his beloved Teesside.
Scott Turnbull’s new show
Where Do All the Dead Pigeons Go? is not about pigeons at all,
but is full of comedy, farce, drawings and anecdotes with some regular nods to
Scott’s Stockton roots and his beloved Middlesbrough football club.
It features a funny yet moving friendship
with a computerised character based on Middlesbrough FC legend Tony Mowbray, an
unusual job advert in a local paper and a rather odd scene about foxes.
Part of the show revolves
a character called Darren Smith who moves to the moon after applying for a job
he’d seen in a local paper.
The show gained some excellent reviews when it
was performed at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and now Scott is
excited to bring it to ARC where he is hoping that Teessiders will be able to
relate to the humour and local angle of the show.
Speaking
about the play and his Teesside upbringing which has helped form its content,
Scott said: “Back
in the 80’s when I shared a room with my older brother Neil, we had posters all
over the walls- Debbie Harry, Erasure, Pink Floyd and pride of place amongst
them all was the 1988/89 Middlesbrough team photo. My brother had somehow
managed to get all the players signatures, by spending wet and windy afternoons
outside the old Ayresome Park, with my
uncle Bill. Naturally, I grew up a fan of the club and an admirer of all
things red and white.
“This year I decided to write my first play. I knew that I wanted
to put a little piece of Middlesbrough on stage,
and ended up creating Where Do All the Dead Pigeons Go? It's all about
Darren Smith- Teesside’s very own ‘man on the moon’.
“He lives aboard Moon-base 1 with his best friend the T-100. The
T-100 is a highly intelligent ‘Zenith-Data, Computer System Robot’ based on
former Middlesbrough captain Tony Mowbray…Its surreal, funny and sad all at
once. Its also not your average piece of theatre. I think it would
appeal to a lot of people in Teesside..after all, it’s kind of written for
them!”
Scott graduated from Stockton Riverside college over ten years ago
and has worked as a successful actor ever since with appearances on Byker
Grove and The Bill. He has worked extensively in theatre, mainly at
Northern Stage in Newcastle and also
does live voice-over work for Sky One.
Tickets:
You can catch the show at ARC this Thursday at 7pm and it is priced on
ARC’s Pay What You Decide pricing, which means you only pay after watching the
show and how much you pay is completely up to you, however booking a seat
beforehand is advised.
Seats can be booked by calling ARC’s Box Office on 01642 525199 or
online at www.arconline.co.uk.
Suitability: 16+
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