Classic Writing – Double Bill

Gaggle of Saints, by Neil LaBute

This award-winning, lyrically intense one-act play concerns a young Mormon couple who separately describe the events of an anniversary weekend in New York. As the events described entwine, the girl is blissfully unaware of the violence perpetrated by her fiancé.

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Handbagged, by Moira Buffini

For over a decade Margaret Thatcher met the Queen for a weekly audience. With all her previous Prime Ministers the Queen enjoyed a fairly informal relationship, but with Mrs Thatcher, things were different. Handbagged is an extremely witty look at what the relationship between these two very powerful and private women might have been like, including the influence of two key men: Ronald Reagan and Michael Shea. It provides a wonderful opportunity for four actresses to portray the two formidable women at different stages of their life.