TWO

Written by
   Jim Cartwright
Directed by
   Amanda Hodges

29 - 31 May 2008

Set in a northern pub owned by a savagely bickering husband and wife, TWO is a series of short vignettes that skilfully combines pathos and humour, with all fourteen characters played by just two actors who drag us through the whole breadth of emotions. During the course of the evening in this pub, assorted customers pass in and out; including the hilarious Alice and Fred who've “never been the same since Elvis died” and the abusive husband and his terrified partner. Towards the end, a little boy is left behind by his father—an event which triggers the pub landlord and landlady to try to move towards a fragile reconciliation, as their own dark tragedy is revealed. All these characters are linked by the bar but also by their battle with love and their conflicts between public facade and private emotion. You'll laugh and sometimes you'll cry.