Event details
First aiders Maddie and George are working at the local village fete. They are joined by Elias, a Lebanese refugee who’s also a Drag Queen and a minor tv celebrity, who has been booked to open the fete. He’s been given the first aid tent to change in, much to his dismay.
It’s George’s last event before he retires, and Maddie doesn’t want it spoiled by a stranger. But George is distracted by intrusive thoughts from his past, particularly the realisation that he worked in disaster relief in Elias’s home-town. Meanwhile Elias waits to find out if his homeland is safe and whether he must go back.
The play combines humour, warmth, historical fantasy and multi role madness as well as personal histories and political tensions to expose the complexities of modern debates around migration, gender identity, and community and how people can become caught between compassion and prejudice, loyalty and fear, while grasping for understanding and connection.
Running time: 1 hour 20 minuites
Book tickets via the link above, or go to the Applause website for more details and other performance dates.
Accessibility:
Please visit the Thameside Theatre’s website via the booking link above for more details.
Getting There:
By Foot: The theatre is on Orsett Road close to the High Street, just off the town centre
By Train: From Grays railway station on the c2c line, walk along the pedestrianised High Street and turn right into Orsett Road where you’ll find the theatre just 200 metres on the left (0.3 miles / 7 minute walk)
By Bus: Grays bus station is directly opposite the railway station, just 5 minutes’ walk from the Thameside Complex
By Car: The theatre is five miles from the Dartford Tunnel, where Grays is well signposted from the A13 (M25) Junction 30. Local parking is available at a car park behind the Thameside Complex in Cromwell Road, RM17 DHF, on streets in the immediate area close to the theatre, or at a pay-and-display car park at Morrisons supermarket which is a five-minute walk away from the complex – RM17 5YF.
For more info about this event, please contact the organisers using the contact details on the left of this page.
