Performance

VenuePlayhouse
Other spaces: Studio
TownAlnwick
CountyNorthumberland
From14th March 2012
To14th March 2012
When14:00
PricesFrom £10.00. To £10.00.
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Swags and Tails

T0615762606
Swags and Tails is set on the day Margaret Thatcher dies, against a backdrop of austerity and cuts. Meet Gloria, her past eroded from years living in a dementia unit, Mary, the care-worker getting it from all angles and housebound Lillian, locked in her spare room. Faced with the closure of their day centre, will Ellen and Marlene unite and make a stand? There's more to life than a custard cream and a chocolate bourbon. Since April 155 women have worked with Open Clasp to inform Swags and Tails. The women involved either live or work in care homes, use day centres or are housebound. Swags and Tails is about the quality, or lack of quality, of care of older people and carers in our society.
Author Catrina McHugh


Archive :: production:T0615762606, play:S1300596277, venue:V1176

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Company

Company Open Clasp Theatre Company
Director Charlotte Bennett
Design Anna Gooch
Performer Barbara Heslop (Ellen / Gloria)
Performer Zoe Lambert (May / Sharon)
Performer Catrina McHugh (Mary)
Performer Helen Russell (Lillian / Marlene)
Performer Rachel Teate (Julie / Justine / Nat)
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