TWO

Hull Truck Theatre Company. Written by Jim Cartwright. Directed by Nick Lane.

One pub; One night; Fourteen characters; Two actors.

Meet our Landlord and Landlady; bitter, dysfunctional and constantly bickering. Enter the clientele; Slick-talking lothario ‘Moth’, an old woman taking a break from her ‘work’; Fred and his wife Alice - who’s never been the same since Elvis died, and Mrs Iger…. “I love big men”.

Amid the bustle of the busy pub, we see contrasting but all-too-familiar characters portrayed; from those we joyously recognise, to those we would rather forget. Love, loneliness, crisis and conflict all play out as the pints are pulled and the night draws on. The savage exchanges of our hosts reach boiling point as time is called, and as the stragglers make their way back out into the night, they are forced to confront their unspoken tragedy…

Colourful and intriguing characters juggle public façade and private emotion in this often hilarious and sharply-observed representation of Northern pub life. From the writer of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Two carries its audience through the ups and downs of relationships and cannot fail to touch a nerve.

“Jim Cartwright is one of the mavericks of British theatre.” Daily Telegraph
“Broad humour, dry wit and often shudderingly moving poetry.” Time Out

There will be a free post-show talk after the performance.

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Box Office phone numbers:
01227 787787 or 0845 130 1786