The Awkward Squad - Arts
Pro reviewers average
2013-05-25
What chance does Lorna have of a quiet weekend when both daughters and her granddaughter descend on her with their own problems?
She’s spent three decades working for everyone else through the miners’ strikes, local milk schemes and library closures...
What chance does Lorna have of a quiet weekend when both daughters and her granddaughter descend on her with their own problems?
She’s spent three decades working for everyone else through the miners’ strikes, local milk schemes and library closures and tomorrow she’s to have a community centre named after her – but her granddaughter thinks her boob job is more important…
On top of that, a BAFTA, impending divorce, redundancy and a very upmarket caravanette force Lorna to reconsider both the past and the future – for everyone.
What’s a woman to do? Accept everything that’s thrown at her, or become a fully paid-up member of the ‘awkward squad’?
BAFTA winner Karin Young's state of the nation comedy takes a sideways look at the challenges faced by modern women of all ages.
Show Details
| Running dates | from Mar 6 2012 to Apr 7 2012 |
| Theatre | Arts |
| Pro Average | |
| My Rating | Review This Show |
| Cheapest ticket | £15 |
| Most expensive ticket | £30 |
| What's on Stage (Other reviewers) | Full Review | |
| Libby Purves (The Times) | Full Review | |
| Fiona Mountford (Evening Standard) | Full Review | |
| Time Out (Other reviewers) | Full Review |
| There are no peer reviews for this show yet |
Overview, Cast and Creatives
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Synopsis | ||
| What chance does Lorna have of a quiet weekend when both daughters and her granddaughter descend on her with their own problems? She’s spent three decades working for everyone else through the miners’ strikes, local milk schemes and library closures and tomorrow she’s to have a community centre named after her – but her granddaughter thinks her boob job is more important… On top of that, a BAFTA, impending divorce, redundancy and a very upmarket caravanette force Lorna to reconsider both the past and the future – for everyone. What’s a woman to do? Accept everything that’s thrown at her, or become a fully paid-up member of the ‘awkward squad’? BAFTA winner Karin Young's state of the nation comedy takes a sideways look at the challenges faced by modern women of all ages. |
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| Author | Karin Young | |
| Director | Fiona McPherson | |
| Featured Actors/Actresses | Laura Stoker | |
| Jacqueline Phillips | ||
| Gillian McCafferty | ||
| Lisa Mc.Grillis | ||
| Barbara Marten | ||
| Charlie Hardwick | ||
| Libby Davison | ||
| Designer | Imogen Cloet | |
| Lighting Designer | Arnim Freiss | |
| Sound | Martin Hodgson | |