Comfort and Joy
by Mike Harding

Dates 2nd-6th December 2008 Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions)
Venue: The Old Red Lion, 418 St John Street, Angel, EC1V 4NJ
Bookings: 020 7837 7816 www.oldredliontheatre.co.uk

The traditional family Christmas gathering - the tree, the turkey, the presents, the family, the relatives you haven't seen for years. The grumpy old uncle, the pine needles, the Christmas lights that never work. The socks, the hankies, the soap. Or how about the daughter's weird boyfriend you've never met, the potty neighbours you can bear only once a year (and even that's once too many) or the carol singers who can't actually sing! The festive spirit flows (literally) in Mike Harding's comedy, "Comfort and Joy", and everybody will recognise someone they know, or at least would dread meeting! As Murphy's law states: "what can go wrong will go wrong" and things certainly look shaky right from the start in this wonderful piece of northern wit!


CAST

Goff - Pete Picton
Martin - Eammon Griffin
Margaret - Holly Clark
Helen - Rachel Cohen
Kathleen - Emma Knott
Crispin - Panny Skrivanos
Jimmy - Mark Harrop
Fiona - Ruth Bond
Monica - Lucy Laing
Chapman - Ben Easte
Pat - Caroline Boulton
Hughie - Shahvir Irani

CREW

Director - Frances Bodiam
Producer - Sarah Hiscock
Stage Manager - Rachel Goldsmith
Lights/Sound - Alistair MacDonald