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Desperate Scousewives: Nessa’s Story – Epstein Theatre

10Nov

By Carole BaldockNo Comments

North West

Desperate Scousewives: Nessa’s Story – Epstein Theatre

Oh, the irony: they seated us in Row F while the stage was full to bursting with the F word – and yes, bloody hell, I’m known to swear myself occasionally, but I did mind the language. Never mind close to the bone, it was inside the very marrow. However, you are warned it’s not for the faint-hearted, and the audience, predominantly women, absolutely lapped it up. It is a clever premise, part of a set of plays; so are many of the astringent one-liners. Take four women, friends and neighbours (hah…), shut out of their homes on a freezing cold evening in a row of terraced houses in a Liverpool back street, which also harbours a Women’s Refuge. Lily and Trisha are winsomely clad in pyjamas with Susan sporting a onesie big enough for two or threesies, and Lily a cross between an angel and a ...

Desperate Scousewives: Lily’s Story — St Helens Theatre Royal

Some productions arrive with a clear sense of identity, and Desperate Scousewives: Lily’s Story wastes no time establishing exactly what kind of night audiences are in for. From the moment the opening music fills the auditorium, the show embraces its Merseyside roots with confidence and affection. Loud, proud and packed with personality, it delivers an evening of laughter, warmth and recognisable Scouse spirit that immediately wins over its audience. At the centre of it all is Lily, played by the ever-charismatic Crissy Rock. A born performer with impeccable comic timing, Rock commands the stage from her first entrance. Lily is brash, outspoken and fiercely funny, but Rock ensures there is genuine heart beneath the sharp one-liners. Against a background of coercive behavior and physical...

Desperate Scousewives 3: Howdy Neighbour – Floral Pavilion

The girls are back with the third instalment of Desperate Scousewives and the laughs are back with them! Trisha’s son, Luke, is turning 16 and Trisha wants the party to be perfect. She has also made it to the finals of the local karaoke contest and her life, as she knows it depends on her winning. Sue and Nessa have been sent for the cake with £280 from Trisha, but they’ve managed to get themselves ‘locked’ in the pub. Lil is not happy and will not go back to bed until she’s found where the girls are. Of course, chaos ensues and we are taken on a hysterical journey over the course of the day. Lynne Fitzgerald has once again written a piece that resonates with Merseyside audiences and has them leaving with a stomach ache from laughing so much. There was a moment where she forgot her o...