Don’t be such a $*$*!**, it’s The Swearing Jar

Mind your Ps and Qs when award-winning Canadian play The Swearing Jar heads to Dorset for two dates in March.

Kate Hewlett’s romantic comedy won Best of the Fringe at the 2008 Toronto Fringe Festival on its première and was named Outstanding New Play at the 2010 New York International Fringe Festival.

A film adaptation of the play was released last year. This spring, New Perspectives artistic director Angharad Jones directs the UK premiere of this award-winning play, and audiences in Dorset have two opportunities to catch it on tour as it heads to the county with Artsreach, Dorset’s touring arts charity.

Finding one true soulmate is fortunate but finding two makes life complicated.

Husband and wife Simon and Carey look like the perfect couple. He has some news to share, but she gets in first with a jarthe swearing has to stop if they are having a baby! When Carey enlists the help of a new musician friend to throw a birthday concert for her husband we discover life-changing secrets of their past. This bittersweet comedy offers audiences a warm embrace, full of heartbreak, humour and songs. n Catch The Swearing Jar in village halls at Sydling St Nicholas (01300 341777) on Friday, March 10 at 7.30pm and Sturminster Marshall (07903 057427) on Saturday, March 11 at 7.30pm. Suitable for audiences aged 15+, further information and tickets are available online at artsreach.co.uk