Red Peppers / Aged in Wood
Author(s):
Noël Coward / Cian Griffin
Company:
OnBook Theatre
A Noël Coward one-act play paired with a new play using the same cast of six and set in the same dressing room 90 years apart: Red Peppers by Noël Coward and Aged in Wood by Cian Griffin, directed by Jason Moore.
Red Peppers shows a faded music hall double-act, a husband and wife team, who perform two musical numbers punctuated by backstage bickering and quarrels with colleagues.
Wind forward 90 years to Aged in Wood, and the gripes in the dressing room haven’t moved on much and leading lady Deena Ames is facing similar luck. An hour before curtain-up, and following a disastrous opening night, she faces an uphill battle against agents, directors, her leading man, an ex-husband and a wilful son.