Aunty Carol’s disgusting Crumb- as part of the Weird and Wonderful Festival

Aunty Carol's Disgusting Crumb - Weird and wonderful Festival

Coming in Friday 6th March 6.30 and 8.3pm

Written by Pete Cole and Directed By Molly Farquhar and James Keiron

Synopsis: 

Aunty Carol is an obsessed cleaner. Tess – her sister, feels undermined. Tess tasks her husband, Al, and their kids  with stopping her from tidying when she is at work.

Al places a crumb on the carpet which Aunty Carol cannot clean up till her sister comes home.

Surreally, the crumb gets progressively bigger. Peculiarly, the cleaning utensils get smaller, time fluctuates strangely, sound oscillates abnormally. Mum comes home…but things are still very weird. Don’t mention the bunnies or the smell coming from the toilet. 

TW: This play explores themes of modern day parenting, child neglect, obsessive cleaning and drug use. 

Written By Pete Cole

Directed by Molly Farquhar and James Keiron 

Cast and Crew

Aunty Carol = Michelle Phillips

Al = JP Cubbin

Brad = James Keiron

Suzy = Lauren Blakeway

Daisy = Leah Wallace

Tom/Tess = TBA

Produced by: Sharon Colpman & Make it Write Productions.

Run time: 60 mins with an interval 

Tickets

Queer Words – Spoken Word Night

Queer Words - spoken word night at the Studio Below

Sunday 1st September - Pay what you decide

Join us for a night of flash fiction, poems, monologues and duologues with an LGBTQ+ theme. Grin theatre are in collaboration with Make it Write for this non-stop evening of spoken entertainment. The evening is curated but if you have some work you would like to read out on the night keeping with the theme, please let the organisers know on the night. We have some vacant spots later in the evening.

Entry is Free but suggested donations at the door are £3-£5

Deadline for Entries 31st July

Passing Moustache

Passing Moustache

3rd and 4th July at 7pm The Kings Arms Salford

A stylised and poetic look at how we process change… in ourselves, others and society.   What do we feel when faced with new ways of perceiving race, culture and gender. what are the prison bars we refuse to see?  The writing poses big questions but finds understanding in the minutiae.

The political is public but the personal is obscured, complicated by the secrets we keep from ourselves. 

Tickets are £8 full price, £6 concession

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Cast and Crew

Cast

Alec Marriner                     Cory Sapienza

Barry Black                          Mark Prescott

Cee Green                           Michelle Phillips

Dalibor Rybar                    Terence Caddick

Eddie Pinkney                    Ted Grant

Fiona Fern                            Rachel Davies

Gerry Silver                         Sonia Sidje 

Crew

Director: Merv Jones

Writer/Producer:  Edward Gray

Stage Manager:  Siobhan Pearson

Graphic Design & IT: Blake Emery

Executive Producer: Sharon Colpman

A Make It Write Production

From the Executive Producer

I often get unsolicited plays landing in my inbox with an excited ping.  I usually redirect the sender to the writers drop in, but this was different.  It was from Ted Gray who was already attending the drop in and had told me about his play.  I read it.  At the time it was just the bare bones and it wasn’t the shape of a normal play.  It crashed over me like a wave and then reset with a chorus.  At 58 years old, I don’t often get excited about much, but I could see the potential in this extract.  The play became the Passing Moustache and I could not be more pleased to present it to you.

Sharon Colpman