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Catchpenny Twist

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  3w, 4m

Shaun Davey, Stewart Parker

Stewart Parker
Music by Shaun Davey

"Combines the rich, mordant wit of the Irish with absurdist farce... a rare pleasure." - Time Out London
"Blends lunatic humor with a gritty sense of reality." - London Sunday Times

Catchpenny Twist

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    3w, 4m

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Summary
Another wry comedy from the author of Spokesong, about two Northern Irish songwriters who pursue the long road to big time pop while being dogged by the metaphysical shadows of the Irish Troubles -- not to mention by some real bullets. Fleeing Belfast, where they have been writing songs and gags for both the IRA and the loyalists, they team up with their old schoolteacher chum, the witty and doomed Monagh, and set off for English record companies, Eurovision and Eclipse.
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    • Alcohol
    • Smoking

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"Combines the rich, mordant wit of the Irish with absurdist farce... a rare pleasure." - Time Out London

"Blends lunatic humor with a gritty sense of reality." - London Sunday Times

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Shaun Davey

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Stewart Parker

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