What's in the Cat?
From: Wednesday, 7th December 2005
To: Thursday, 22 December 2005
Our Review: 
Search for tickets
Use the link below to search for What's in the Cat? tickets on your desired date.
We're sorry, it seems that we do not currently sell tickets for this show. Please go directly to the box office.
| Tweet |
|
Synopsis
It's 1974 in the Manchester district of Moss Side and Lauren's come back home for Christmas dinner. The council have found her a school with a crèche so she can sit her exams. Dad thinks she should move back home but Mum thinks she should have kept her legs shut. Strong language - age 15+
Our Review:
24 November 2005
NOTE: The following FOUR-STAR review dates from November 2005 and this production's initial season at the Contact Theatre in Manchester.
Christmas Day can provide us all with a variety of emotions; the loss of a loved one can come flooding back and there is often the nagging feeling that everyone is having a better time than you. Writer Linda Brogan has crafted an unflinchingly realistic slice of life, a gift to any actor, set on 25th December in Moss Side, 1974.
Daughter Lauren arrives home heavily pregnant. But her mother and father are at war- too busy arguing to give her the attention and love that she craves. Her brother Peter lies in front of the TV, spellbound by the sounds and the images. But when you witness the violence which surrounds his unstable environment, you realise why the box in the corner of the room offers the young lad some sort of sanctuary.
Mary Jo Randle evokes sympathy as Margaret, the drunken Irish mum of two, when she could h...
Creative
Linda Brogan (Author)
Royal Court Theatre (Producer)
Paulette Randall (Director)
Libby Watson (Design)
James Farncombe (Lighting)
Information
|
