The Awkward Squad
From: Tuesday, 6th March 2012
To: Saturday, 7 April 2012
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Synopsis
What chance does Lorna have of a quiet weekend when both daughters and her granddaughter descend on her with their own problems? She's spent three decades working for everyone else through the miners' strikes, local milk schemes and library closures and tomorrow she's to have a community centre named after her - but her granddaughter thinks her boob job is more important...
On top of that, a BAFTA, impending divorce, redundancy and a very upmarket caravanette force Lorna to reconsider both the past and the future - for everyone.
What's a woman to do? Accept everything that's thrown at her, or become a fully paid-up member of the 'awkward squad'? BAFTA-winning Emmerdale writer Karin Young's play is a state-of-the-nation comedy, taking a sideways look at the challenges faced by modern women of all ages.
Starring Charlie Hardwick (Val Pollard in Emmerdale), Barbara Marten (Casualty, Coronation Street, Brookside), Libby Davison (The Bill, Hollyoaks) and Lisa McGrillis.
Our Review:
9 March 2012
It seems fitting that such a feminine play, in the broadest sense of the word, should be performed on International Women's Day. Looking at the various trials and tribulations of four women across three generations, Karin Young's The Awkward Squad demonstrates how much and how little the world and their values have changed.
Placing a magnifying glass on the female side of a working class family unit from Newcastle ensures a refreshing experience right from the outset. With Thatcher and the miners' strike of yesteryear measured up against Cameron's welfare cuts and 'big society' in the present day, The Awkward Squad is an original comedy that looks both backwards and forwards.
Grandmother Lorna, brilliantly played with dry comedic flair by Barbara Marten, was a tireless campaigner during the 1980s miners' strike. She is preparing a speech at a local community centre named after her, only to be surrounded by chaos after her two daughters Pam ([L...
Cast
Charlie Hardwick (Sandy)
Barbara Marten (Lorna)
Libby Davison (Pam)
Lisa McGrillis (Sarah)
Creative
Karin Young (Author)
Fresh Glory Productions (in association with the Guild of Lillians and the Customs House South Shields) (Producer)
Fiona MacPherson (Director)
Imogen Cloet (Design)
Martin Hodgson (Sound)
Arnim Freiss (Lighting)
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