Two Play for the Price of One
The Ballad of Crooked Lane by Tom McLennan and Wake by Day Sheehan.
Liverpool Fringe Festival Tuesday 7th Oct £8/£6 for the whole evening (includes both plays)
Poster image of Rushton from mural by Mike Jones in the Merseyside Trade Union and Unemployed Centre
A Valley Theatre Production
1. The Ballad of Crooked Lane Written and directed by Tom McLennan
Cast and characters
Vincent Skyner Edward Rushton
Steve Donegan William Shepherd
Pauline Davies Isabelle
Kappa Kandiah Quamina
Sue Hunter Mrs Rushton
Darlington Dwyer Rushton Snr
Patrick Martin Andrew
Alfie Cooke Billy the Balladeer
Synopsis: The Ballad of Crooked Lane is set on the day blind poet and anti-slavery campaigner, Edward Rushton, is due to have a painful operation that may recover his sight. He looks back on key moments in his eventful life.
2. Wake, Written and directed by Day Sheehan
Cast and characters
Day Sheehan as Daniel
Meggan Pye as Eva
Kappa Kandiah as Policeman 1
Alfie Cooke as Policeman 2
Jennifer Moore as Woman
trigger warnings for Wake
This play looks at topics that may be distressing for some viewers, such as domestic violence.
Synopsis
When Daniel finds himself locked up, he must piece together his broken memory to face the truth about what happened last night.
PLEASE NOTE:
Trigger warning: “Both these plays examine subjects that may be distressing for some viewers, such as Domestic Violence and Racist attitudes that led to the Slave Trade.”