Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis

Synopsis

Josie is having a birthday, though she isn't in the mood for a celebration. But a party has been arranged - with one very special guest, A Chinese Elvis impersonator, whose arrival triggers a magical change in everyone, daring them to start life anew. Winner of the Manchester Evening News Best New Play, if features unforgettable characters and a host of Elvis Presley classics.

Our Review:

28 June 2009

This charming comedy set in Bolton at the turn of the millennium written by Charlotte Jones is quirky and boarding on farcical at times but is also very endearing and touching.

Josie (Sarah Parks) is an Elvis loving dominatrix, turning 50, who lives with her daughter, Brenda Marie (Catherine Kinsella) who has learning difficulties and is obsessed with Ice Dancing. The young lass spends a significant amount of time in her tent in the garden thinking about her dead twin sister, Shelly Louise (Clara Darcy).

Matha, aka Holy Jo (Becky Hindley) is a very traditional Irish Catholic cleaner with OCD, who has led a very sheltered life and is under the impression that Josie is a Counsellor. Lionel (Michael Strobel) is a client of Josie’s who takes it upon himself to organise a 50th birthday party for her, and hires Timothy Wong (Nicholas Goh) as an Elvis impersonator for the evening.

The interaction between Martha and Brenda Marie provides some cla...

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