18 GO PUBLIC APRIL – AUGUST 2012
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Theatre
Westgarth Productions present: An Evening with Dementia By Trevor T. Smith Saturday 16 June Starts 7.45pm £10 (£8 concession), suitable for ages 12+
The Foundry Group presents: Big Daddy vs. Giant Haystacks By Brian Mitchell & Joseph Nixon Friday 11 May Starts 7.45pm £10 (£8 concession), suitable for ages 15+ A British Heavyweight Champion Comedy. At 4pm every Saturday, from 1976 to 1988, tens of millions of Britons were in the grip of an extraordinary sports phenomenon: watching two men pretend to fight each other. This is their story in a new play from Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon, writers of the hit ‘Those Magnificent Men’, brings back to the grunting, grappling life the famous feuding wrestlers. Supported by:
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This one man piece about living with the constant problems of dementia is a bitter sweet reflection on the nature of what it means to be alive when you don’t understand the world around you. The nameless old man sits and tells the audience his secrets on how to avoid the true extent of his confusion being discovered, how he has fooled his social workers and his irritation at being constantly asked questions.
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