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New play:
Way Out West
 I am the producer of a new play called Way Out West, by Paul Hodson. The play is touring small venues around the UK until March 2012. The play is not about Laurel and Hardy but is a surreal comedy about two men who appear to be visited by the spirits of Stan and Ollie.
Mon 23 - Wed 25 Jan 7.30pm Nightingale Theatre, Brighton, £5 (previews), Fri 27 - Sat 28 Jan 7.30pm £8.50/£6.50/£5.50 www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk Thu 26 Jan 7.30pm Lakeside Theatre, Colchester £10/£7/£5 http://www.essex.c.uk/artson5 Box office 01206 873288 Wed 1 Feb 7.45pm The Hawth, Crawley £14/£12/£8.50 http://www.hawth.co.uk Box office 01293 553636 Thu 2 Feb 7.30pm Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham £12.50/£11.50 www.ashcroft.org.uk Box office 01329 223100 Fri 3 Feb 8pm The Old Town Hall Theatre, Hemel Hempstead £10.50/£8.50/£6.50 http://www.oldtownhall.co.uk Box office 01442 228091 Sat 4 Feb 8pm New Greenham Arts, Newbury £12/£10 http://www.cornexchangenew.com Box office 01635 522733 Thu 9 Feb 8pm Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal £12.50/£11.50/£11.00 http://www.breweryarts.co.uk Box office 01539 725133 Fri 17 Feb 7.30pm Derby LIVE, Guildhall Theatre £12/£10/£9 http://www.derbylive.co.uk Box office 01332 255800 Sat 18 Feb 8pm Haverhill Arts Centre, Suffolk http://www.haverhillartscentre.co.uk Box office 01440 714140 Thu 23 Feb 7.30pm Arts Centre Washington, Biddick Lane £8.50 / £6 http://www.artscentrewashington.co.uk Box office 0191 219 3455 Fri 24 Feb 8pm The Lowry, Salford Quays £13/£11 www.thelowry.com/drama Box Office: 0843 208 6010. Group Bookings: 0843 208 6003 Sat 25 Feb 7.30pm Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven £15/£7.50 http://www.rosehilltheatre.co.uk Box office 01946 692422 Wed 29 Feb 8pm The Met, Bury £10 / £6 http://www.themet.biz Box office 0161 761 2216 Fri 2 - Sat 3 Mar 8pm Hull Truck Theatre £10/£8 http://www.hulltruck.co.uk Box office 01482 323638 |
Way
Out West by Paul
Hodson Two men walk into a pub - and then it stops being normal. Pints are drunk; conversation spans the creation of the universe, the meaning of happiness, the chemical construction of pork scratchings - and how they seem to know more about each other than complete strangers could, or should. And they both seem to recollect dreams in which they met Laurel and Hardy, and each other. As the alcohol kicks, in Sam and Harry find themselves lurching towards an unnerving philosophical and spiritual world, where it becomes a distinct possibility that they are Laurel and Hardy reincarnated. . . but that's simply laughable, absurd and beyond comprehension - isn't it? This funny, tender, melancholic and puzzling play comes from the company who created recent hit shows Meeting Joe Strummer and Don't Shoot the Clowns. |