Once in a House on Fire
From: Thursday, 31st March 2011
To: Saturday, 2 April 2011
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Synopsis
Once in a House on Fire is a compelling Mancunian story set across South Manchester during the 1970s and 80s. Based on the autobiographical novel by Andrea Ashworth, recipient of the 1999 Somerset Maugham award, this is an inspiring, vibrant, truthful and moving story of sisters, survival and growing up. Andy and her sisters haven't had it easy. They escape through stories, games and dreams of a ?happy family'. With each new start ending faster than the last, their hopes of ever getting it right are stubbed out along with their mum's cigarettes. As a life beyond Manchester's grey sky beckons, Andy knows her escape will come at a cost...
Our Review:
2 April 2011
Such is the reputation of the original book that the premiere stage adaptation of Once In a House On Fire sold out before it opened and has had to schedule an extra performance on 11 April.
Andrea Ashworth’s award-winning memoir is a breathtakingly honest account of her experiences of domestic violence and financial hardship when growing up in inner city Manchester in the 1970s and 80s and locally-based Monkeywood Theatre (in development with The Lowry) has done a commendable job of transferring it to the stage.
The author’s experiences of back street life, with two younger sisters, a hopelessly self-destructive mother and two violent step-fathers are vividly captured, as is the stoicism and mutual support of the two elder girls.
Amidst all the deprivation and cruelty, the teenage Andrea seeks ways to escape through books and imagination and she wins out in the end, gaining a place at Oxford and goi...
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Sarah McDonald Hughes (based on the memoir by Andrea Ashworth) (Author)
Monkeywood Theatre (Company)
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