The Great British Country Fete

Synopsis

A British institution - the country fete. Home to Olympic jam makers, mammoth marrow growers, anarchist Brownies and enough bunting to cause a national fabric shortage. It’s a pillar of country life, a melting pot of personalities, and the British summer wouldn’t be the same without it. Join the fun for a feted day. Skittles will scatter, some fruit will spoil, and someone will tread dog poo through the tea tent. Do not shy away, but come coconuting along to this irrestible summer punch of stories and song.

Our Review:

Karen Bussell - 22 July 2010

A celebration of all things rural v the plasticity of the Tesco Life is the premise of the Bush Theatre’s latest offering currently on tour and caught at Plymouth’s The Drum where there was a delighted full house.

Stand up comic and playwright Russell Kane (Live at the Apollo, Fakespeare and one-time presenter of Big Brother’s Big Mouth) has teamed up with Bush Theatre’s composer- in-residence Michael Bruce to bring create a series of songs to tell the tale of Suffolk’s typical village of Upham.

Under threat of take-over by supermarket giants which envision a Tesco metropolis commandeering all produce on offer in Upham and absorbing it into its commodities on gleaming shelves, Farmer Joe (a suitably ruddy and robust Graham Lappin) endeavours to pull the villagers together in a united show of contented rural life.

And so we meet, amongst others, the fascist jam maker, the eco yuppie-warriors who cushion the farming life with the odd thou from the ATM, the makers...

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