Paines Plough is marking its thirtieth anniversary - and Vicky Featherstone's
final season as artistic director - with This Other England.
The season will be prersented at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark.
The Small Things
By Enda Walsh
Directed by Vicky Featherstone
Fri 28 Jan - Sun 27 Feb
Two houses, perched on top of mountains, stare at each other across
a deep valley.
A man and a woman talk about the small things – parquet floor
zigzagging down corridors, the memory of mother’s breasts, brown
sauce and soggy chips. But these minutiae disguise a bigger story
of brutality and unfaltering loyalty which emerges horrifically through
the chit-chat.
Enda Walsh is one of the most innovative and thrilling playwrights
of his generation following global success with his plays Disco
Pigs and Bedbound. The Small Things is an exploration
of language and our need for words to survive.
Mercury Fur
By Philip Ridley
Directed by John Tiffany
Tues 1 Mar - Sun 27 Mar
And at teh Drum Theatre, Plymouth: Fri 11 Feb - Sat 26
Elliot is worried. He and his brother Darren are a unique team of
party planners and their latest project, already weeks in preparation,
has been brought forward… to today.
In a lawless ravaged city, the boys and their team survive by bringing
to life clients’ darkest fantasies. But as the light fades and
events spiral out of control it becomes clear that the success of
this particular party will guarantee not just their safety but their
salvation.
The world is at its worst…let the party begin.
Warning: This production contains explicit and disturbing language
that may cause offence.
Pyrenees
By David Greig
Directed by Vicky Featherstone
Tues 29 Mar - Sun 24 Apr
And at the Tron, Glasgow: Fri 11 Mar - Sat 26 Mar
A naked man is found lying in the snow at the foot of the Pyrenees.
He remembers nothing. He believes he is British. A young woman from
the British Consulate is dispatched to confirm his nationality and
to try to piece together his identity.
When an elegant woman arrives claiming to be his wife, the world
he was discovering becomes unrecognisable. As the snow melts on the
mountains the man is left with an agonising choice and may have to
make a decision for the first time in his life.
If Destroyed True
By Douglas Maxwell
Directed by John Tiffany
Tues 26 Apr - Sun 22 May
Also at Dundee Rep Theatre: Fri 8 Apr - Sat 23 Apr
Greetings from New Flood, which has just won the prestigious 'Worst
Town in Scotland' award. The prize is £500k with which to 'improve'
things.
Vincent has always been original ever since his tragically miraculous
birth. When he hears of the honour bestowed on his home town he sees
an opportunity both to realise his personal ambition and to double
the prize money by defending the title the following year
