A Different Way Home
A Different Way Home, by Jimmie Chinn
Winner Best Adaption and Best Actor - Greater Manchester Fringe 2018.
In this deeply moving and astutely observed play, we hear two monologues from two members of a family in a small, closely-knit, North of England town. In Act 1, Leslie, who has lived with his mother all of his life, narrates the events leading up to her death, unwittingly revealing the extent of his loss and the bitterness towards his sister, Maureen, who lives nearby but is not in touch. In Act 2, we learn from Maureen that Leslie succumbed to his grief and excluded her, and we hear her side of the story - feeling rejected by her family and friends because she married a Jew, she feels betrayed for not being asked to help when needed.
Cast:
• Maureen - Darren Scott
• Leslie - Darren Scott
Credits:
• Writen by Jimmie Chinn
• Directed by James Schofield
• Hair and makeup by Tracey Rontree
• Sound and lights by Micheal lawlor
Played at Guide Bridge Theatre, Audenshaw and The King’s Arms, Salford.
"...within minutes of the show beginning, I knew that this was something very special indeed... If you only see one thing in the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival, make it this. You won’t regret it... I implore you: do not miss this nugget of theatre gold!" - North West End
"...the same actor played both siblings. I wasn't expecting that. And so we were treated to the superb craft of Darren Scott playing both brother and sister..." - Number 9