Name: The MP, Aunty Mandy & Me
Brand: Playdead Press
SKU: 9781915533081
Price: 9.99 GBP
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The MP, Aunty Mandy & Me

By (author): Rob Ward

Published by Playdead Press

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£9.99

Published: 23-Sep-2022
ISBN: 9781915533081

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71 Pages

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A bittersweet tale of political campaigns, sexual consent and steam trains. Meet Dom. He wants more than anything else to be an #instagay #influencer but its tough when no one likes your posts, you cant find a bloke who shares your love of trains and you live with your MDMA popping, Simply Red loving mum in a small northern village five miles from the nearest gay. Hed love a fabulous life with the A-Gays in the city, but his social anxiety prevents this from being a reality. Its all a bit of an effort. Then one day, a chance encounter with his local MP turns everything upside down. But in pursuit of the life he thinks he wants; just how much does Dom have to give up?

Rob Ward is a writer, performer and co-director of Emmerson & Ward Productions. His 2013 play Away From Home (co-written with Martin Jameson) toured nationally and internationally between 2013 and 2015, picking up the Manchester Theatre Awards for Best New Play and Best Fringe Performance. His 2016 play Gypsy Queen has also toured nationally and internationally since it premiered on the West End (Arts Theatre) and has gained critical acclaim. In 2017 Rob was named one of the British Councils Emerging Artists. Both of these plays dealt with the subject of homophobia and LGBT+ visibility in sport as well as other takes on modern queer identity. Rob has since written Conversations (Digital production commissioned by Curve in 2021) and Love It If We Beat Them (commissioned by Live Theatre) is currently in development.

"Fluent and Slick." -- The Stage

"4 Stars" -- BritishTheatre.com

"Deserves to be more widely seen." -- Fringe Review