Purple Fish Productions is proud to present Two
By Jim Cartwright

21-26 February 2006 at BATS 8.00pm

Purple Fish Productions are back in the country after their sold out smash hit in the Wellington Fringe Festival last year "Perseus Uncovered". The Purple Fish pair of Luan de Burgh (London) and Michelle Seton (NZ) now bring a sharp and touching slice of English life set in a Northern Pub owned by a savagely bickering husband and wife. Purple Fish Productions is proud to present Two
By Jim Cartwright

21-26 February 2006 at BATS 8.00pm

Purple Fish Productions are back in the country after their sold out smash hit in the Wellington Fringe Festival last year "Perseus Uncovered". The Purple Fish pair of Luan de Burgh (London) and Michelle Seton (NZ) now bring a sharp and touching slice of English life set in a Northern Pub owned by a savagely bickering husband and wife.Two' is a series of short vignettes that skilfully combines pathos and humour, with all fourteen characters played by two actors. During the course of the evening assorted customers pass through including a little boy left behind by his father - an event which triggers a movement towards a fragile reconciliation between the pub couple, as their own dark tragedy is revealed.

'Two' is written by award winning playwright Jim Cartwright whose other plays are consistently performed around the world and have been translated into twenty languages, including Road and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice upon which the film Little Voice was based.

Purple Fish Productions is a diverse and energetic company founded in June 2001. Since its inception Purple Fish Productions has produced shows in London (including Keyboard Skills by Lesley Bruce and Can't Pay? Won't Pay! by Dario Fo), taken part in the 2002, 2003 & 2004 Canadian Fringe Festivals with Jim Cartwright's Two, Michael Frayn's The Two of Us and their hugely popular company devised piece Perseus Uncovered which also played to sell out houses at the Wellington Festival (BATS Theatre) in New Zealand in 2005. Purple Fish Productions has been funded by the UK Lottery to produce two Children's shows Told by a Dodo and More Tales from a Dodo which played at children's theatres, festivals and schools in London, Ireland and Canada.

"These two actors are hot...and bring the entire population of a Northern pub to life." - Westender Vancouver
"Supremely confident performers, physical, deliberate and graceful." - Winnipeg Free Press

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