MAGGIE'S END

By Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood
Directed by Jack Milner

It's summer 2010 and the temperature is rising in every sense. The death of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has resurrected the bitter divides of the 1980s. Half the country mourns while the other half celebrates with undisguised glee. However, when the newly-crowned Labour Prime Minister announces a state funeral for the late PM, a sense of outrage grips those communities worst affected by the Thatcher years and brings the political differences in one family to breaking point.

Maggie's End is a dynamic and controversial black comedy about personal and political betrayal by the writers of the international hit plays Dirty Dusting and Waiting For Gateaux and was first performed at Durham's Gala Theatre

It is being staged to mark the 25th anniversary of the miner's strike and is supported by the NUM North East Area, the GMB, the RMT, Unison and Unite

A state funeral for Margaret Thatcher? Which side are you on?

Reviews

"Wonderful… as controversial as it is funny… go and see it" Daily Mirror

"Hard-hitting, thought-provoking and sure to be popular all over the country…top Marx" - The Northern Echo

"A play that'll put the fire back in your belly. A darkly comic satire with great humour and equal measures of passion" Morning Star

"A play which will resonate with many… some wonderful comic touches" Newcastle Evening Chronicle

"A daring play… cannot fail to strike a chord with audiences" The Journal

"Powerful and fast-moving with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments" Durham Times

INTERVAL PERFORMERS ARE AS FOLLOWS;
Attila the Stockbroker on Tuesday April 7 and by Arthur Smith on Friday April 10.


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Tuesday 7 to Saturday 18 April 2009

7.30PM
Matinee's: Friday 10th, Saturday 11th and Wednesday 15th

Tickets
£18.00
£12.00