Award winning play comes to Shrewsbury
Two actors will be taking on 14 characters in an award winning play which opens in Shrewsbury tonight.
The Wightman Theatre, in the Square will be putting on a production of Two, written by Jim Cartwright, until July 8. The play is set in a public house and the theatre will be dressed to resemble a northern pub, so the audience will feel fully immersed in the action.
The play features no fewer than 14 characters portrayed by just two professional actors – Holly King and Adrian Monahan. They play eccentric customers and the warring landlord and landlady. Two won the Manchester Evening News Best New Play award in 1989 and has been in production somewhere in the world ever since.
Holly and Adrian both have impressive acting careers, having appeared in many stage plays in the UK and abroad, also on films and TV. Adrian, who trained at The Manchester Metropolitan University School of Theatre, and is a renowned professional actor on the circuit, has stepped the boards at top theatres such as The Royal Exchange, Manchester and The Birmingham Rep.
Jim Cartwright appears on the Royal National Theatre’s Top Twenty list of modern playwrights. Two is fast paced and funny. Audiences can expect scenes of love, laughter, lamentation, and lots of lager. Tickets are £18 and £15 (concessions) and are available either in person at The Wightman Theatre, by phone on 0800 292 2116 or online at www.thewightman.co.uk .
