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The Dug Out
Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 4m
Amanda Whittington
Park Street, 1944: A black GI is shot dead. Park Street, 1974: An IRA bomb explodes. Tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock-tick. One more hour you'll never get back. One more night passes and nothing has changed. the future is now, man, it's now, man, it's now. And what are you doing with it, 'ey?
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Cast Size
4w, 4m -
Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
Details
Summary
An exciting, original play inspired by the legendary
Bristol nightclub, the Dug Out. Based on real-life events, this is an
uplifting tale of black and white teenage clubbers in the 1970s, set
against a classic love story of thirty years earlier.
History
Commissioned and produced by Splice Theatre and first performed at the Bristol Tobacco Factory, May - June 2013.
Cast Attributes
- Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
- Setting The play is set in The Dug Out, Park Row, Bristol. December 1974 and July 1944.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Cautions
- Alcohol
Media
"This nostalgic show wins out as unassuming, feel-good fun ... it has a defiant, ramshackle charm." The Times.
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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