PRESS RELEASE for immediate release June 2nd 2022
Drama doesn’t have to be all serious; there’s still plenty of fun to be had at the theatre as Buxton Fringe gets underway from July 6th.
Audiences looking for a laugh at Underground should head for Freddie Hayes: Potatohead, a debut one-potato-show directed by Sh!t Theatre. A starch-raving mad adaptation of Doctor Faustus with puppets, it promises to be fantastically silly.
Black Liver urges Fringe-goers to Support Your Local Library! Subtitled A Gothic Pub Rock Opera, this is a twisted, toe-tapping tale of intrigue and indexing, of class and classification, of romance and repeat overdue fines - a laugh-out loud musical satire about one librarian's quest to save the Little Hope Library, and why the town plots his demise. Meanwhile in Palimpsest from Alex Lacey, Jess meets Jim. He adores her; she's unconvinced. But what happens when a romcom is entirely derailed and a play becomes possibly too meta for its own good?
At the Green Man Gallery, ZAV is a one-person show about a Welsh road-worker who becomes a millionaire photographer. Set over 20 years, PJV Studio’s comedy/drama tells of how all his dreams came true, except one.
ReZolution Theatre Company spoofs a classic film in Star Wart! A New Hip! St Biddulph's Amateur Dramatical Theatre Society's bold theatrical interpretation of the “mostest lovedest” cinematical experiences of the 20th century. A farm boy is brainwashed by a religious hermit and commits an act of military vandalism. The show can be found at St Anne's Community Centre, while across Hardwick Square at the URC, Library Theatre brings Alan Bennett’s Bed Among the Lentils. Susan, a frustrated vicar's wife with a fondness for sherry, distracts herself from her insensitive husband and his doting parishioners by conducting an affair with a local grocer and discovering something about herself and God in the process.
Buxton’s thriving Theatre category is also the perfect place to explore life’s bittersweet complexities.
Just outside Buxton at High Peak Bookstore and Café, Hasland Theatre Company offers Contractions, an ink-black comedy by Mike Bartlett. Emma's been seeing Darren, she thinks she's in love, her boss thinks she's in breach of contract…
Buxton has had to wait a couple of Covid-affected years for some shows to get here, and that’s definitely the case for Little Boxes from alphamum productions at Underground, but finally audiences can follow actor Joann Condon (Little Britain) as she explores the boxes she has found herself in uncovering the dreams of a child, the frustrations of an acting career, the tensions of parenthood, the grief in losing loved ones, and the fear of being herself.
Also at Underground, Oldham Coliseum Associate Artists, Dare to Know Theatre brings to light The Forgotten. In this tragic tale, a scared dementia patient in a care facility tries to talk about his abuse by the care staff - but what is the truth to what he's experiencing? Meanwhile in another drama exploring ethical issues, Chatsworth Players present Flowers for Algernon: a man with learning disabilities eagerly participates in an experiment to increase intelligence - a project with already-proven success in Algernon, a lab mouse. As Charlie's intelligence increases, he realises people are not what they seem. At the lovely St Mary’s Church on Dale Road, Any Other Day is more than just a ghost story as Alan Turing returns to his home a few days after his death. Also at the same venue, there is a series of diverse plays from Bijou at Buxton: Bethlehem Street Cleaner, Making His Mark, An Actor’s Life for Me and King Lear's Fool's Tale, the latter promising a tale told with humour and tenderness as it puts a spotlight on the jester who dares to give the king advice in Shakespeare’s tragic play.
Further theatre treats can be discovered on www.buxtonfringe.org.uk and on the free to download Buxton Fringe App.
The Fringe wishes to thank High Peak Borough Council, its Fringe Friends and the town’s many Fringe supporters and venues.
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