No Pictures Please presents
Sweet Fanny Adams
by Matthew Lyon
Jack and Emily are both drunks. He is a writer, she is an actress.
No, start again. Be creative with the language – this isn’t a witness statement for the police, you’re trying to promote a show. Jack is a writer. Who doesn’t write. Okay, good – punchy. Keep going. The whiskey flowed, but the ink would not. Oh god. Now you sound like a sixth-former's poetry recital. Can’t you manage more than one good line in a row, Jack? Jack and Emily have communication problems. No, no, no, no, NO. Emily! It isn’t happening, Emily! I can’t write this blurb. The show will have to go without a blurb. It’ll have to be a blurbless show. Emily...? Emily, have you been drinking my whiskey again........? With Matthew Lyon, Meg Bennett "There are similarities to Edward Albee’s seminal work ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’; Sweet Fanny Adams is full of venom, full of black humour, but also the odd redemptive moment of tenderness. It’s a proper kitchen sink drama, naturalistic, messy, and morally complex......It would be all too easy for this play to be a morose and unpleasant experience. On paper, it’s two drunks arguing for an hour. But there’s so much more that has been threaded into the script by Lyon’s writing and emphasised by Coates’ direction. The characters are multi-faceted, and we feel both desperate frustration and sympathy for them. The humour is quick, dry, and clever, and provides a brilliant spark to the drama..." - ★★★★ Sweet Fanny Adams |
Tuesday 12th June at 7.30pm
Wednesday 13th June at 7.30pm Thursday 14th June at 7.30pm Friday 15th June at 7.30pm Saturday 16th June at 7.30pm Tickets: £12 | Concessions: £10
Running time: 75 minutes Bad language. Ticket purchases are non refundable. Concession prices apply to students; under 18s; pensioners; those on disability and unemployment benefits; Equity, BECTU & SDUK members; Portico Places cardholders. As a young venue we are still upgrading and developing the space, any additional donations are much appreciated and will be used towards improving the theatre even further and keeping the venue going in the long-term. |
