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VISITING COMPANY | STEVE BONHAM AND THE LONG ROAD | PART OF GM FRINGE 2021

SATURDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2021

AMERICAN WILDERNESS ODYSSEY STEVE BONHAM AND THE LONG ROAD

Join three adventurers on an incredible journey, searching for the moonshine, myth and madness of the American Wilderness. An evening of stories and songs. Tales of outlaws, ghost towns, the emigrant, the doomed lover, the extraordinary lives of ordinary people, real and imagined. Written from the nitty-gritty experience of month-long treks and road trips, off the main strip, along the backwoods and byways of the southern states of America, Steve Bonham and The Long Road bring to life the songs and stories from their acclaimed American Wilderness Odyssey album and its companion book.
"Ambitious, hypnotic, brooding, infused with sadness and joy, capturing the panorama of its physical and emotional canvas ... irresistible."- Fatea Magazine

VISITNG COMPANY | PART OF GM FRINGE

SATURDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER

NATHAN CASSIDY : BUMBLEBEE

Multi-award winning comedian Nathan Cassidy's hilarious and thrilling true crime stand-up show.
Thought your 2020 was bad? You get home, the door is smashed, a burglar flees.

You chase – to the backing of ‘Flight of the bumblebee’. And then… a sting in the tale – let’s play.

New show from multi-award winning comedian and host of global hit podcasts Psycomedy and Daily Notes.

Best Show Leicester Comedy Festival Nominee 2020
The only live show Edinburgh Fringe 2020
Best Show Buxton Fringe Winner (and 5-time nominee)
“Star-in-waiting…He is untouchable” (Bruce Dessau, The Times 2020)

Photo credit Andy Hollingworth

18+ AGE RESTRICTION | 6O MINUTES

VISITING COMPANY | NORTHERN REP THEATRE | PART OF GM FRINGE 2021

WEDNESDAY 22ND - FRIDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER

BYSMAL BOYS

It's 1977 and for the first time in Fire Brigade history, a national strike threatens to bring the country to a stand still.
In a quiet corner of Cheshire, the lads of Blue Watch, Macclesfield are waiting with baited breath to see what this means for them. Will their hopes blaze to union glory or smoulder to ashes and what will this mean for the Brigade, their loved ones and the lads themselves?

Set against the true life backdrop of the strike action as autumn gives way to the Winter of Discontent. Genders' new play explores this rarely examined period of history and the impact that is still felt today.

Conflictive, comic yet utterly compassionate, the boys of Blue Watch navigate their individual stories and that of their brotherhood. It may just be 30% but is that all they really stand to lose?

12+ AGE RESTRICTION | 2HRS 15 MINUTES (INTERVAL)

VISITING COMPANY | PART OF GM FRINGE

MONDAY 27TH & TUESDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER

COCK THERAPY

'Young gay man Roz thinks he's a sex addict. His therapist, aptly named The Therapist, believes there's more to Roz's love for sex than meets the eye. The Therapist is determined to dig deeper into Roz's actions and to help him with his addiction- if he can get a word in edgeways.

Expect plenty of laughs, surprises, and mentions of bumholes.
What would Freud have said?!

A tragicomedy, written by first-time playwright, Joe Henry.

18+ AGE RESTRICTION| 60 MINUTES

VISITING COMPANY | PERIPETEIA THEATRE COMPANY | PART OF GM FRINGE

WEDNESDAY 29TH & THURSDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 2021

SANDY BY ANNA PELLEGRINI

Sandy is a two hander play about femininity and womanhood. The show explores the way in which definitions can create meanings that then latch on to things and to people in an almost unremovable way. By exploring the relationship between a woman and a “female” object, the play reveals what both their relationship is to the world and society as a whole.If an object had consciousness, what would its thoughts be? What experience of the world would it have? And how would human beings look like from its perspective? Sandy highlights the similarity and differences existing between two distant and yet congruent female perspectives while triggering a reflection about our society and ourselves.

14 + AGE RESTRICTION | 60 MINUTES

VISITING COMPANY | TWO IN A BED THEATRE COMPANY

FRIDAY 15TH OCTOBER 2021

HOLD ME CLOSE BY JOE WALSH

“Biscuits? Who the bloody hell do you think we are? Loose women? Biscuits are only for three things; funerals, kids parties and hospitals”

Back in his childhood home after several years, David finds himself realising he’s a lot more like his mum than he ever thought he was. While drinking whiskey, peeling potatoes and playing dominos, can they both rekindle the mother and son love they once had back when he was just a little kid?

Find out about Sheilas weird obsession with Wayne Rooney, if David still knows all the words to his favourite Eurovision song and who the bloody hell Gary Ashburn is? Hold Me Close is a heartwarming northern comedy drama all about redemption and finding your feet again.

Directed by Joe Walsh. Performed by Deborah Sekibo (Coronation Street) and Jake Talbot (Drowning)

60 MINUTES

VISITING COMPANY | OFF THE CUFF THEATRE COMPANY

SATURDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2021

HE'S IN A BETTER PLACE BY JAKE J WILSON

“Oh I do love a good funeral”.

After laying their dad to rest, Marcus, Abbie and Chelsea Nicholson arrive at the old family home to reminisce about their late father and his life. But when their personal memories start to conflict each other and extended family arrive at the house to provide their own testimonies, the three siblings are left with one question. Did they even know him at all?

90 MINUTES WITH AN INTERVAL

VISITING COMPANY | THE BAR STEWARDS SONS OF VAL DOONICAN

FRIDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2021

THE BAR - STEWARDS SONS OF VAL DOONICAN

Hailing from Barnsley, The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican are on a mission! Determined to follow in their spiritual father’s immortal footsteps and keep his legacy alive, they have a talent for Bar-Stewardizing other famous people’s songs with new comedy lyrics, on acoustic geetar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, accordion, keyboard, keytar, and the world's first synthesiser ukulele!
They continue to wow audiences with their anarchic live shows and a fine selection of their greatest hits, including the likes of “Jump Ararnd”, “The Lady In Greggs”, "How Deep Is Your Glove?", "Paint 'em Back", "Walking In Manpiss" and “If I Could Punch A Face… It’d Be Justin Bieber’s”.