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Why Me?

Why Me? (Play) production archive for QTIX code T10536532. Details of all Why Me? archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S0810266843

Archive Listings

20 Nov 00
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25 Nov 00
Key Theatre
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Performance Details => Venue archive
13 Nov 00
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18 Nov 00
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry, West Midlands
Performance Details => Venue archive
6 Nov 00
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11 Nov 00
Chelmsford Theatre
Chelmsford, Essex
Performance Details => Venue archive
30 Oct 00
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4 Nov 00
Everyman Theatre
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Performance Details => Venue archive
23 Oct 00
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28 Oct 00
Queen's Theatre
Barnstaple, Devon
Performance Details => Venue archive
16 Oct 00
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21 Oct 00
Lyceum Theatre
Crewe, Cheshire
Performance Details => Venue archive
2 Oct 00
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7 Oct 00
Devonshire Park Theatre
Eastbourne, East Sussex
Performance Details => Venue archive
18 Sep 00
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23 Sep 00
Theatre Royal
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Performance Details => Venue archive
11 Sep 00
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16 Sep 00
Marlowe Theatre
Canterbury, Kent
Performance Details => Venue archive
4 Sep 00
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9 Sep 00
Wycombe Swan
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Performance Details => Venue archive

Details

Why Me? archiveJohn Bailey returns to his South London home a member of the 'over three million club', and the bitter recipient of a 'tarnished chrome' handshake, having been made redundant from his job as a civil engineer. During the ensuing summer he struggles bravely with job rejections, endures loss of dignity in the face of his wife Helen's hugely successful pizza business, survives an adulterous affair with his next door neighbour, broods over the looming break up of his marriage, comes to terms with the shattering revelation that his teenage son is a transvestite rock musician, and suffers repeated forays into his living room by his mother-in-law who refuses to stay in her adjoining granny flat. Battling against the odds, John identifies strongly with the Biblical figure Job and eventually, like him, his story ends happily - reunited with Helen, both in marriage and a rather tasty new business venture. A Churchill Theatre Bromley/Yvonne Arnaud Production

Cast/Performers

Tim Brooke-Taylor (some dates), Colin Baker (some dates), Susan Penhaligon, Carmen Silvera (some dates), Jean Boht (some dates), Tracey Childs, Toby Walton, David Cardy

Creatives/Company

Author: Stanley Price
Producer(s): Paul Farrah, Ian Fricker (associate producer)
Director(s): Roger Redfarn, Roger Redfarn
Design: Julie Godfrey
Lighting: Leonard Tucker

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.
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