Conner Irwin '06 - The Murder Monologues -
A fascinating play that explores two different kinds of murder, previews in London at The Courtyard Theatre, Pitfield St, London - 26th & 27th July.
The Murder Monologues, written by Bournemouth-based writers John Foster and Sheila West, has already received rave audience reviews on the south coast and is now moving to The Courtyard Theatre, Bowling Green Walk, Pitfield Street, London on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July.
The writers are also taking the show to the Edinburgh Festival this summer (details below) and hope to go on tour in the autumn.
Little Boy, starring former Olympic Swimming Medallist Adrian Turner, is written by BAFTA- wardwinning film & television writer, John Foster, who is also Screenwriter in Residence at Bournemouth University. The story explores the tragic, true-life story of Major Claude Eatherly of the US Air Force, part of the team that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Deceived by he authorities about his mission and unable to atone for his guilt, Eatherly was plagued by nightmares and recovered memories and spent some time in an asylum. Feted both as a war hero and then as an anti-war hero, he later resorted to robbing banks and forging cheques to raise money for Hiroshima’s orphans and war widows and never came to terms with what he had done.
The disturbing Chocolate Cake, starring Conor Irwin and written by Sheila West, takes a chilling tour through the mind of a serial psychopath on Death Row as he remembers the pleasure he felt at the murder of children. A character who is at times obscene and unsettling and at other times verging on the sympathetic, he takes the audience on an emotional rollercoaster ride towards a shocking and unexpected conclusion.
Daring, thought-provoking and poignant, the Murder Monologues look at the relationship etween murder condemned and murder condoned, between responsibility and detachment, between blame and guilt, and between prison bars and the restraints of the mind.
London previews at The Courtyard Theatre, Bowling Green Walk, 40 Pitfield Street, London
N1 6EU on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July at 8pm. (Nearest tube: Old Street.) Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions) from theatre box office on 0870 163 0717 or from Sheila West on 07920 404070 or email murdertickets@hotmail.com
N1 6EU on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July at 8pm. (Nearest tube: Old Street.) Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions) from theatre box office on 0870 163 0717 or from Sheila West on 07920 404070 or email murdertickets@hotmail.com
Edinburgh previews at The Space UK @ Jury's Inn (V260): Aug 1-2 13:05 (1hr) £4.50 (£3.00) & Aug 4-9, 11-16 13:05 (1hr) £6.00 (£4.50)
For further information / complimentary press tickets, please contact Lindsey Darking (PR Manager) on 07775 891715 or Sheila West on 07920 404070 or alternatively email us at murdertickets@hotmail.com
