Austerity comedy for Manchester

Published: 23 June 2018
Reporter: David Upton

Actors Tracy Gabbitas and Jennifer Banks as supermarket shelf stackers Tracey and Donna in Strife In A Northern Town

A working class comedy portraying the effects of austerity on ordinary people is coming to Manchester.

Strife In A Northern Town tells the tale of the inhabitants of a random northern town, and how their lives begin to unravel due to the decisions of the local council.

The play debuted in Manchester last year at the Women in Comedy Festival, and was nominated for the national Funny Women Best Show Award 2017. It’s currently on tour, and was created by and stars Jennifer Banks, a Manchester-based writer and actor who appeared in Coronation Street earlier this year and has a role in upcoming feature film Mrs Lowry and Son starring Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave.

Strife In A Northern Town is on June 28 at 53Two Manchester.

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