07 - 28 November 2009 Fresh Glory and York Theatre Royal present
Up The Duff
Written by Lisa Evans Directed by Damian Cruden Designed by Helen Fownes Davies Lighting design by Richard G Jones Musical Direction by Christopher Madin
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A hilariously funny and touching comedy of big expectations and very uncomfortable exercises.
Having a bun in the oven is no joke, so how come it’s so funny?
Midwife Sheila certainly knows all the joys, confusions and baffling indignities in store as she steers a group of four very different women safely through ante-natal class to labour and blissful motherhood. Happily unmarried teenager Jessica, with her cousin Janice’s bizarre birth superstitions always to hand, swaps life lessons with 40-year-old career woman and IVF patient Roshin, and old school friends Teresa and Kizzy. Meanwhile, Sheila’s well-meaning hubby Graham tries to sort out the world via DIY, causing more than one sticky moment and giving a man’s unique perspective on the whole crazy process.
Being “Up the Duff” isn’t all radiance and unmixed joy, and Lisa Evans provokes wry smiles as well as belly-laughs as Roshin asks:
“Jesus, Mary and Joseph, what have we let ourselves in for?!”
