'George and the Drag Queen'
Warning: Contains scenes of empathy and kindness
Pipeline Theatre brings you their new show, 'George and the Drag Queen': a bittersweet, bonkers cake-mix of the epic and the outlandish, beaten together with the everyday, and the plain silly.
The setting:
A village fete - bunting, cakes, outsize veg, and wasps.
The characters:
Two bantering first-aid volunteers setting up their tent - George, a stand-in Grandpa for Maddy; and Maddy, a stand-in Granddaughter for George.
Oh, and one Lebanese Drag Queen - Eliana Sultana, booked to do the raffle, getting changed in the corner.
The drama:
In a ‘twist of fete’, their stories entwine with explosive results.
Why has a Drag Queen been booked for a village fete?
What is Maddy's connection with Eliana's boyfriend?
Where has George seen Eliana's face before?
And just how allergic is Eliana to wasps?
The setting:
A village fete - bunting, cakes, outsize veg, and wasps.
The characters:
Two bantering first-aid volunteers setting up their tent - George, a stand-in Grandpa for Maddy; and Maddy, a stand-in Granddaughter for George.
Oh, and one Lebanese Drag Queen - Eliana Sultana, booked to do the raffle, getting changed in the corner.
The drama:
In a ‘twist of fete’, their stories entwine with explosive results.
Why has a Drag Queen been booked for a village fete?
What is Maddy's connection with Eliana's boyfriend?
Where has George seen Eliana's face before?
And just how allergic is Eliana to wasps?
For their latest project Pipeline theatre have done that thing of looking at current state of the UK cultural/political landscape, and going all in.
All in, in terms of the issues.
All in, in terms of using all the theatrical devices in the book.
All in, in terms of entertainment. (Yes it's a bold claim)!
At the same time, we're not interested in beating an audience over the head with easy, progressive truisms. These characters are good, nice, relatable, complex people, and, as in life, everyone has a story, and nuance is all.
All in, in terms of the issues.
All in, in terms of using all the theatrical devices in the book.
All in, in terms of entertainment. (Yes it's a bold claim)!
At the same time, we're not interested in beating an audience over the head with easy, progressive truisms. These characters are good, nice, relatable, complex people, and, as in life, everyone has a story, and nuance is all.
Photo credit - Steve Tanner