Christmas Crackers
From: Thursday, 7th December 2006
To: Saturday, 20 January 2007
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Synopsis
Feisty nurses Holly and Kath are preparing for another hectic festive season in Hull’s busy A&E. As the locals get stuck into the Christmas spirit, the job gets tougher; binge drinkers, brawls and bruises - and that’s just their home life! However, as the icy rain falls upon the city, something strange happens. Kath and Holly discover a mysterious gift - two tickets to Prague! But who left the secret surprise? An admirer, a long lost lover, a wealthy consultant or was it really Father Christmas? In true Thelma and Louise style, our nurses take Prague by storm! Swept into a world of romance, fantasy and shoe shopping, the dazzled duo are soon bursting with festive cheer. Join Holly and Kath as they embark on their magical adventure and go Christmas Crackers!
Our Review:
13 December 2006
Two nurses at Hull Infirmary, one young and flighty, one rather older and depressed at her husband/partner’s suicide, are trying to cope with the Christmas rush at A&E. Suddenly one of them finds an unexpected gift in her bag: two flights to Prague. The two of them put aside their personal problems to celebrate Christmas with a girls’ night out in the Czech capital.
We are in familiar Hull Truck territory, taking ordinary people into an unfamiliar place or situation where we can enjoy their faux pas and failures until they finally, improbably, adjust, have fun, triumph or find themselves – except that Christmas Crackers is not like that. Writer and director John Godber’s 53rd play is more ambitious and less formulaic. In what he terms his first adult festive play the festive element is provided by the collision of reality, fantasy and folk lore, whilst only an adult would take such a cynical view of reality, despite the ambiguously happy ending.
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John Godber (Author)
Hull Truck (Company)
John Godber (Director)
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