A moving new play by a writer from Beverley that is full of comedy and dark humour comes to Union Mash Up on Prince’s Avenue, Hull, next week.
Aunty’s Waxworks, which runs from Weds 25th to Sat 28th June, is by local playwright Joanna Morris, and tells the story of a close-knit family at odds with each other – all because of ‘Aunty’s Waxworks’.
While it has characters, you will immediately recognise, all the action revolves around one, ‘Aunty’, who is lovingly bizarre, in her world of wealthy relatives, cats, seagulls and her intriguing waxworks.
Morris, who is also directing the play, said: “Basically, the family gang up on her until her niece, Sarah, starts to see that even though her aunt is unconventional her approach to life is actually far healthier, and more real, true and fulfilling, than their own.
“It’s written from the heart, and the cast has been fantastic in bringing out and portraying what I’ve written.”
Set in a seaside town in northern England, Aunty’s Waxworks is the latest production by Hull and East Yorkshire theatre group The Dale Theatre Company.
Union Mash Up is handily located at 24 Prince’s Avenue, right next to Pave, and recently hosted a series of successful comedy nights by Lucy Beaumont.
Last year, The Dale Theatre Company produced Joanna’s previous play A Delicate Man and Julian Woodford’s 7 Iron at Hull’s New Adelphi.
For more information or press tickets, please contact Dale Theatre Company on 078150 45189.
Doors open at 7pm and shows start at 7. 30pm.
Tickets are £6 (£5 conc). They are available in advance from The Dale Theatre Company 078150 45189, on the night, or from Alive with Art, the new shop front gallery at 24 Prince’s Avenue.
