A Play, A Pie and A Pint - Juicy Fruits
From: Wednesday, 2nd November 2011
To: Saturday, 5 November 2011
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Synopsis
Emerging and experienced writers present short new plays presented by the best actors and directors. The A Play, a Pie and a Pint series are script in hand readings of brand new plays from the region's most exciting playwrights. Enjoy the play with a pie and a pint (or a soft drink!)
Our Review:
3 November 2011
Ostensibly, Leo Butler’s Juicy Fruits, is about two women sharing lattes and pastries after a gap of six years, although it’s really about motherly love. It is one of a trilogy of world premiers under the title, A Play, a Pie and a Pint presented by Paines Plough and Oran Mor.
The pie, donated by Greenhalgh’s Bakery, is delicious and I substitute wine for the pint. However, the play itself is initially bland and ultimately unpalatable.
Lorna is the archetypical housewife coping with a one-year-old baby whilst the world has, apparently, been Nina’s oyster. The latter has just returned from working with Orang-utans in Borneo. Her rude remarks soon test their friendship.It is obvious that she is jealous of Lorna and we soon discover why. Something happened in that faraway jungle that changed Nina and we follow her return and see its effect.
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Leo Butler (Author)
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