DieHard
Gateshead
Newcastle Alphabetti
Theatre - Tuesday 14th July 2015
Washington Arts
Centre - Wednesday 15th July 2015
Gateshead Caedmon
Hall - Thursday 16th July 2015
There’s
enough drama at the Women’s Group and some people are losing the plot.
If Noel Edmonds and Bruce Willis can’t
help, who can?
A
women's group is closing and Leslie, the leader, is under pressure. She wants
to tell them but things keep getting in the way. Time is running out. If
Geordie Bruce Willis can’t help, and Noel Edmonds is no good either, who will
save the day?
Based on the real-life story of a Tyneside
women’s group, Ruth Raynor’s new play DieHard
Gateshead
is about finding light through the rubble and the mess. It’s about avoiding
promises of a better life that actually makes things worse. It’s about
searching for moments of laughter and understanding in the noise and confusion.
It’s about women’s lives in an age of austerity…
Ruth
Raynor uses drama to understand womens lives in the context of austerity. She
is a PhD student in the Geography Department at The University of Durham and
she has previously worked in theatre and arts management as a designer, writer
and facilitator, and translates this experience into her research.
Directed by Neil Armstrong who Neil is an
award winning actor, writer and director from Seaham Harbour. He has directed for companies such as Cloud
Nine Theatre, The Customs House South Shields, and his own company Theatre of
Moths. His plays have been performed
across the region and include Remember
Jim, The Dark Side of the Half Moon
and Nefairyus. As an actor he has appeared in all of the
regions theatres and his TV credits include George
Gently (BBC), Vera (ITV) and, Wolfblood (CBBC) among others. This year Neil is also co-writing, directing
and starring as the Baddie in Durham’s Gala Theatre’s pantomime, Cinderella.
This show is produced by Christina Berriman
Dawson who has
appeared in George Gently, Electricity and The Magdalene Sisters as well as appearing in many theatre
productions across the region. She will be appearing in Key Change (Open Clasp) at Summerhall with Northern Stage at the
Edinburgh Fringe this year. Christina also runs Stage Tynemouth which provides
Performing Arts training for young people aged 5-18.
Cast
DieHard
Gateshead features a cast of five of the
region’s leading actresses:
Zoe Lambert
Christina Berriman Dawson
Judi Earl
Arabella Arnott
Jessica Johnson
Tickets:
Tuesday 14th July
Tuesday 14th July
Alphabetti Theatre
8pm (Bar 6.30pm)
Tickets £7/£5
(With a post-show discussion)
Wednesday 15th July
Arts Centre Washington
7.30pm
Tickets £8.50/£6
0191 219 3455
(With
spoken word and poetry)
Thursday
16th July
Caedmon
Hall, Gateshead
7.30pm
Pay
what you can on the door
(With
music from Joe Solo, Ribbon Road and Another Penny.)
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