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It's here, it's arrived. Come on in! The Palace of Wasted Dreams is licensed for laughing, crying, dancing, singing, surprising and thinking on. Get a skinful of intoxicating, interactive theatre as mac's new theatre space transforms into The Palace of Wasted Dreams; a place where anything can happen, and something always does; a place that can take you out of yourself, where you can feel alive and get involved, with all the thrills of a great night out! The Palace of Wasted Dreams is an extravaganza with songs and sideshows, complimentary bouncers and barmen, regulars and roustabouts, cabaret and community. Original songs will be performed with gusto by a cast of community and professional performers accompanied by the eclectic, ever-changing House Band. These will be laced together with and stories told from the bottom of a glass. The Palace of Wasted Dreams is a new participatory musical spectacular, which explores and gives voice to women's relationship with alcohol. It is the culmination of a two-year project by acclaimed Birmingham based theatre company Women & Theatre. Women & Theatre have explored beyond the sensational news headlines, researching with real people, drinkers & non-drinkers, to produce a non-judgemental, multi-voiced look at why people drink and what happens when they do. The Palace has been created as a space that references different places where we drink and socialise; it is familiar and yet unfamiliar, a cabaret where stories are told and the truth is laid bare.

Cast/Performers

Janice Connolly, Terina Talbot

Creatives/Company

Company: Women & Theatre
Director: Gwenda Hughes
Musical Director: Clare Edwards
Music: Gurdan Thomas
Design: Andrew Purvin (with Women & Theatre's Janice Connolly
Lighting: Simon Bond