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Staircase archiveNot everyone was swingin' in sixties London... Charles and Harry have been a couple for twenty-odd years, running an East End barber shop where they both dream of better days. Over the course of an evening their camp, bitchy and very funny banter becomes increasingly bitter and previously unknown truths emerge with news of the impending arrival of Charles' daughter from an early foray into wedded normality, a court summons for 'improper conduct' and the subsequent prospect of life apart should a jail sentence be handed down. Deep into the night, the barbed jibes and cruel put-downs drive each of them into a despair that will ultimately unravel their carefully constructed reality. Archly funny yet also poignantly sad, Staircase, last staged in London forty-five years ago, is the blackest of comedies shot through with the wretchedness of lives blighted by social stigma.

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Author: Charles Dyer

Archive listings for Staircase

Work type: Play.

T01934755334

Company Tron Theatre Company. Design Kenny Miller. Performer Benny Young. Performer Andy Arnold.
23 Feb 11 to 5 Mar 11The Tron, Glasgow :: V622
listing details L1368895101

T168820229

Company David Tudor Productions. Company The Rep College. Performer Fraser Jekkasm. Performer Rory Thersby.
31 Aug 00 to 2 Sep 00South Hill Park Arts Centre, Wilde Theatre, Bracknell :: V731
listing details L01248453484

T01861113455

Director Caroline Smith. Performer Kenneth Alan Taylor. Performer Roy Barraclough.
16 Sep 99 to 9 Oct 99Coliseum Theatre, Oldham :: V497
listing details L914217323
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