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Split Britches: Unexploded Ordnances

8th Nov 2018
Event Details
Where
St Helens Town Hall, Bickerstaffe Street, Saint Helens, UK
Categories
  • Performance,
  • Care

Combining a Dr Strangelove-inspired performance with a daring forum for public conversation, Unexploded Ordnances (UXO), a theatre piece by Split Britches, explores ageing, anxiety, hidden desires and how to look forward when the future is uncertain. Part of Take Over Festival 2018.

BSL interpreted performance. St Helens Town Hall is wheelchair accessible.

Doors will open at 7pm and the performance will start promptly at 7.30pm.

£6, £3 (concessions - students, senior citizens). Tickets for this event can be purchased online here.

Performed by Lois Weaver and Peggy Shaw
Written by Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw and Hannah Maxwell

Technical Design: Jo Palmer
Video Content Design: Claire Nolan
Design Consultant: Matt Delbridge
Sound Design: Vivian Stoll
Choreography Consultant: Stormy Brandenberger
Production Manager: Hannah Moore
Company Manager: Laura Petree
Producer: Alex Legge

Part of Take Over Festival 2018

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