Performance

VenueOctagon Theatre
Other spaces: Bill Naughton Theatre
TownBolton
CountyGreater Manchester
From8th June 2017
To8th July 2017
When19:30, Jun 19 at 17:00. Jun 9, 17, 21, 24, 28, Jul 1, 5, 8 Mats 14:00
What is currently on at Octagon Theatre (V480)

Talking Heads

Talking HeadsT01039382385
A series of monologues, funny and poignant, normally from two to four of these would be performed at a time. A Cream Cracker Under The Settee tells of an old woman who has a fall, but her pride doesn't allow her to accept help. Bed Among the Lentils tells of a woman with a drink problem, married to a vicar who exploits her recovery actually caused by an affair with an Indian shopkeeper. A Lady of Letters is the story of a woman obsessed with writing letters of complaint and reporting her neighbours who eventually finds comfort in prison. Soldiering On is the tale of a well-to-do woman who finds one day that she's a widow and her husband has left her ill equipped to handle her own affairs - and her son loses her money in bad investments.
Author Alan Bennett


Archive :: production:T01039382385, play:S5191, venue:V480

A Chip in the Sugar/Lady of Letters/A Cream Cracker under the Settee

A Chip in the Sugar - Middle-aged Graham finds life becoming complicated when his mother, or "Mam", with whom he still lives, reunites with an old flame. Lady of Letters - Irene is a one-woman Neighbourhood Watch scheme and her habit of writing letters gets ridiculously out of hand. A Cream Cracker under the Settee - 75 year-old widow Doris, obsessive about tidiness and maintaining her independence, has a fall that decides her future. Made famous by Thora Hird in the original TV series.

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Company

Producer Octagon Theatre Bolton
Director Ben Occhipinti
Performer David Birrell (A Chip in the Sugar)
Performer Cathy Tyson (A Lady of Letters)
Performer Sue Wallace (A Cream Cracker under the Settee)
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