A Royal Exchange Elders Company production
A Funny Thing Happened In Isolation
Narrated by Julie Hesmondhalgh
- 1 October 2020 - 31 December 2020
- On Tour / External
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CAUTION: the following programme contains themes of silliness and irreverence which some viewers may find funny
As the country went into lockdown in March 2020, cameras began following a small theatre troupe in Greater Manchester to see how they would adapt to the ‘new normal’.
Group member Joan lives with her brother Maurice and together they have easily adapted to life on Zoom.
Emerging theatre director Natalie, ambitiously sets out to rehearse her age-inclusive production of Romeo and Juliet while partners Deidre and Mike are determined to bring the magic of a ‘night out at the theatre’ into their own home.
But, as time marches on, can theatre member Fiona hold it all together and will newcomer Jim finally learn what ‘the theatre’ is?
Narrated by Julie Hesmondhalgh and released via the theatre’s YouTube on Thursday 1 October, to coincide with the internationally recognised Older People’s Day, this funny, gentle, slightly ridiculous love-letter to the theatre has been written and directed by Andy Barry and created with the Elders Company.
- Event Information
TIME & DATE: 10am, Thursday 1 October
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AUDIO-DESCRIPTION: The audio-described version of this production can be viewed here
- Creative Team
CREATIVE TEAM
ANDY BARRY Writer and Director
LIAM STEERS Director of Photography / Editor
BILL CONNOR Composer
With special thanks to guest stars JULIE HESMONDHALGH and FAITH YIANNI
CAST
MALCOM ALLUM Derek
GILL BASSAM Deidre
STEVE BASSAM Mike
MAGGIE BELL Kathy / Reporter
YVONNE BREMER Valerie
ANN COLE Fiona
CAROLE DAVIS Joan
CATHERINE FOULKES Elizabeth
JULIE HESMONDHALGH Voiceover
BRIAN HOLMES Trevor
ANDREW HUSBAND Maurice
THOMAS MULDOON David
ERIC NORTHEY Jeremy
PETE SHOTTON Jim
ELENA STANISCIA Helen
MARALYN TOHILL Mary
JUDITH WOOD Announcer
FRED YEOMANS Jack
FAITH YIANNA Natalie
JARVIS Cat
ELDERS GRADUATES
Liz Aniteye, Susan Baker, Helen Brown, Tony Cocker, Val Collier, Bill Connor, Jackie Corr, Gordon Emerson, Annie Giles Quinn, Graham Gillis, Norman Goodman, Jacquie Long, Estelle Longmore, Christine Ovens, Sandy Parkinson, Lorraine Reynolds, Doreen Robinson, David Weston and Jean Wood
- Accessible Performances
AUDIO DESCRIBED FILM
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AUDIO DESCRIBED FILM