Just Visiting by About Face

Malvern Cube

Date & Time: Thursday 13th November at 1pm
Tickets: £8 (carers free)

In the stillness of the breaking dawn, how do we begin to let the light in? A gentle dance with the duality of grief, discovering joy and meaning amongst a landscape of loss. ‘Just Visiting’ is a heartening and humorous piece of theatre, intricately woven from real memories and explored through storytelling and puppetry.

About Face Theatre Company, are a professional learning disability theatre company. Based locally and now in their 30th year, the company present their finest work yet. Created from the actors’ own stories, the show manages to capture grief from many angles; deeply personal yet universal, poignant and achingly funny. Audiences are invited to laugh, cry and connect with the most human experience which unites us all.

As The Snow Falls by BrightDog Theatre

The Morgan Pub, Clarence Road

Date & Time: Thursday 13th November at 6.30pm
Tickets: £10
Age: 14's and under to be accompanied by an 18+ adult

As the Snow Falls follows Kenneth and Sam – two men from starkly different cultural backgrounds, both abandoned by society in very different ways. Despite their differences, they are ultimately united by shared grief and a love of music.

This powerful comedic drama examines the shifting social landscape and its impact on an often over-looked demographic. Through the lens of an ever diminishing pub culture, Kenneth and Sam’s unlikely connection emerges from one man’s desperate search for meaning.

The play explores themes of cultural starvation, male isolation, suicide, toxic masculinity, and division through technology – ultimately questioning what happens when the arts are stripped away from the working class.

Written and performed by Tom Messmer (DFL and America Ground The Musical) and Aidan McConville (A Single Man)

BrightDog Theatre have proudly partnered with the men’s suicide prevention charity ANDYSMANCLUB to support people on the vital issues and themes explored in the play.

Please note this production contains strong language.

Primal Bog by Rosa Garland

Malvern Cube

Date & Time: Thursday 13th November at 9pm
Tickets: £10

Please note that this show contains full nudity, urination, use of live worms and tattooing

Primal Bog is the gorgeously gross new piece from Rosa Garland, creator of Trash Salad (one of The Telegraph’s “Funniest Shows of the Fringe”). In Primal Bog, Garland plunges headfirst into the muck in an hour of clowning, slime, and unfiltered desire that’s been hailed as “filthy and fearless” (The Telegraph) and “a masterclass in comedy” (Metro).

Part psychosexual fever-dream, part Jackass stunt, Primal Bog is “disgusting, daring and unlike anything else” (Fest) and a “thrilling showcase of comic fearlessness” (Chortle) that leaves audiences howling, gagging, and cheering in equal measure.

The show, featured in The New York Times’ 7 Buzziest Shows of the Fringe

Already showered with acclaim, the show was featured in The New York Times’ 7 Buzziest Shows of the Fringe as well as being nominated for NextUp’s Biggest Award in Comedy and the Comedians’ Choice Award for Best Show. Rosa Garland is, in the words of Metro, a “supernova talent” and Primal Bog is her boldest, slimiest work yet.

Come into the bog; the mud’s just fine.

“A master of play… endlessly playful, ridiculous but totally coherent, bold and unflinching.” – Metro
“World-class clowning… an irresistible masterclass in comedy.” – Metro
“Supernova talent… the funniest, most natural and least try-hard show at the Fringe.” – Metro