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Day of the Flymo

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  1w, 1m, 2girl(s), 1boy(s)

Paddy Campbell

“She’s getting us to try and stop and think for five seconds
before I do anything. Specially if the thing I’m going to do involves hammers
or nicking stuff. It’s harder than you’d think.”

Day of the Flymo

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    Cast Size
    1w, 1m, 2girl(s), 1boy(s)

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Summary

Written by award-winning playwright Paddy Campbell (Wet House), Day of the Flymo looks at the lives of young people deemed to be chaotic, a brother and sister struggling to cover up the cracks and the mechanisms that swing into action when social services step in.

Based on his own experience working in a children’s home, Paddy Campbell’s Day of the Flymo asks what do you do when the state decides it’s going to take over from your Mam?

LIAM – 13.

BECCA – 16, Liam’s sister.

KAREN – 30, Becca and Liam’s mam.

BEN – Social worker.

CLARA – 15.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes

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  • Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Paddy Campbell

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