Brand new play by disabled writer is a call to action
Another
England
Arts Centre Washington
Thursday 20th June 2019
“How can we find hope when the world feels
like it's in such a mess?”
A talented cast of professional disabled actors,
Andrew Mclay and Philippa Cole, have joined forces with award winning disabled
playwright and director, Vici Wreford-Sinnott, to take a brand new play, Another
England, on a national tour.
Following the critical success and fantastic
audience responses to the premiere of the piece at ARC Stockton Vici, who has
carved a successful career in ground-breaking theatre, said: “In a rapidly
changing England, which appears to be having a bit of an identity crisis, I
have responded with a play from the perspective of disabled people trying to
navigate their way through stressful territory.”
Set in a near-distant future, England 2024, Rat and Murphy are two disabled
people who find themselves running for their lives, with the odds against them.
Murphy, a 55 year old veteran of the welfare state, and his younger companion
Rat, who believes she can change the world, would normally go to the ends of
the earth to avoid each other. They're thrown together as they both take refuge
in an empty house to avoid being sent to holding camps by the state.
Vici continued, “These
two colourful characters are interesting opposites but once we scratch the
surface, we realise they may have more in common than they first think.” In this story full of heart and human spirit,
the worlds of two weird and wonderful characters collide as they try to find a
way to survive in a deserted house on the outskirts of town.
Award winning television and
stage actor Andrew Mclay says of Rat and Murphy, “Rat realises that Murphy is a
troubled soul and she tries to bring him out of his thinking and to get him to
think about his life in a different way.”
Actor Philippa Cole, who recently
performed at the National Theatre and has been in TV shows such as Armchair
Detectives and The Four O’Clock Club for the BBC, told us, “This is a
compelling story which will leave the audience feeling like they’ve been on a
journey with the characters, they will feel welcome, and they will laugh and be
moved and it will leave them thinking about the world of the play for weeks to
come. We just want to get this story out there.”
Vici Wreford-Sinnott’s last
touring play, Butterfly, was named Best One Person Play by the British Theatre
Guide.
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