Swags and Tails

Archive Listings for Swags and Tails

T0615762606 (DARLINGTONARTS12) 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).
22 Mar 12 to 24 Mar 12	Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V567 listing details L01672064176
16 Mar 12	Darlington Arts Centre, Darlington :: V563 listing details L01001417852
14 Mar 12	Playhouse, Alnwick :: V1176 listing details L0959169420

Details

Play :: 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