Playhouse's world premiere

Published: 20 July 2012
Reporter: David Upton

HeldCasting has been announced for the next world première in Liverpool's Playhouse Studio.

Pauline Daniels returns to the venue with Alan Stocks and Ged McKenna to appear in Held. The three-hander in the Playhouse's intimate space ‘upstairs' is the debut play by Joe Ward Munrow and runs from November 8 to December 1.

Daniels, who will play the mother to Stocks and McKenna's brothers in Held, is renowned for her role as a mother in the award-winning Unprotected, which began at the Everyman in 2006 before touring to the Edinburgh Fringe where it won the Amnesty International Award.

She has taken to the Playhouse stage numerous times, including memorable performances in Shirley Valentine and Breezeblock Park.

Held is the tale of a mother and her two sons, the stories they tell, their memories and the stories those memories belie. Singularly, their accounts uncover lives well-lived; together they become a captivating tale of the weave and weft of family life, revealing that a story says as much about the person who tells it.

The Playhouse Studio continues to establish itself as a breeding ground for new work, and Held will be the first play by a graduate of the Young Everyman Playhouse (YEP) Young Writers scheme.

Details: www.everymanplayhouse.com

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