Foursight Theatre & Talking Birds in a co-production with The Courtyard – Herefordshire’s Centre For The Arts and Warwick Arts Centre
Forever In Your Debt Tue 2 & Wed 3 Mar 7.30pm Theatre £12.50 (£10)
A band rolls into town. Teetering on the edge of fiscal failure, their woeful stories of debt and despair weave a cautionary tale that pulls on the heartstrings, pricks the conscience and prods the old pathos bone. This gang of recession renegades might not be able to pay the bill but they can still top it. Even as the bailiff repossesses their instruments, they’ll play to the last note, sing for their supper and if anyone has a penny to keep the lights on, put it in the meter. Stark, funny, absurd and anarchic, this co-production between the companies that created Thatcher the Musical! and Trevor Goose, combines Foursight’s straight-to-the-heart humanity with Coventry's own Talking Birds’ reckless musical abandon.
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A must-see for anyone who’s had their cash point card cut up in front of them. er In Y o ur D e
“Sharp, critical, imaginative, intelligent… and extremely funny.” BBC Front Row (on Foursight Theatre)
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“Ceaselessly inventive” The Independent on Sunday (on Talking Birds)
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The Future Is Unwritten
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by Paul Hodson
Wed 3 & Thu 4 Mar 7.45pm Studio £10 (£8) suitable for ages 16+ A passionate punk comedy about attitude, friendship and celebrity and a celebration of the man who set the agenda for a generation. Nick and Steve’s lives were transformed by Joe Strummer and The Clash’s potent mix of politics, soulful rock ‘n’ roll and iconic imagery. 1978. The lads see The Clash for the first time, headlining the Anti-Nazi League Carnival in Victoria Park. It’s as if they take an oath to stay true to the values embodied in that day…
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2002. Strummer’s tragic and unexpected early death forces Nick and Steve to re-evaluate their lives.
Photo: Julian Yewdall
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Winner of a Fringe First Award, this heartfelt, comic play charts Nick and Steve’s attempts to maintain their ‘oath’ to Strummer while living through Thatcherism, paying the bills and sustaining relationships – how the lads grew up in the real world in the shadow of their hero. “a magnificently simple, heartfelt, clear and brave show… it’s very funny but it’s one of only a couple of shows on the fringe that have actually made me cry.” The Scotsman “Paul Hodson’s marvellous play… it’s required viewing, not just for Strummer’s many admirers, but also for anyone who enjoys funny, perceptive and passionately sincere new writing.” Manchester Evening News