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Unlucky
for Some
by Paul Tucker
Caught in the harshness of urban life, in the loneliness of
their flats, Nobby and his fellow inhabitants want out. They
want a better life where the sun shines and they mean something.
Money. Sex. Life. Bingo. You know it makes sense.
World
Premiere
WHen.
Southwark Playhouse, London
11th November - 6th December 1997
The
Cast
Peter
Saracen - Nobby
Kay D'Arcy - Mother
John Melainey - Johnny
Karen Jones - Carol
Grahame Fox - Steven
Charlotte Purton - Rachael
Jay Worthy - Tom
The
Creative Team
Timothy Hughes - Director
Steve Wilson - Set and Costume Designer
Lucy Sutcliffe - Lighting Designer
Michael Winship - Sound Designer
Paul
Tucker - Playwright
Born in Leicester, whose unconventional background includes
being thrown out of school (where he was branded illiterate),
has had a variety of jobs before settling down to writing.
These range from pork pie filler to Santa Claus in Lewis'
Christmas grotto. Drawn into Leicester Ecstasy-crazed rave
culture and to the violence of the football terraces (he joined
the notorious 'Baby Squad' gang), Paul began writing upon
the advice that his nose-dive style of living would land him
"either in a hospital bed or a prison cell" unless
he found other 'creative pastimes'. At 17, Paul had his first
Working Title produced: A GREAT DAY FOR MAKING FRIENDS. His
first stage play HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN was produced at
The Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in February 1991. He was
commissioned to write for Carlton TV in 1994 a short 30 minute
teleplay FINAL MOMENTS (nominated as Best Teleplay 1995 by
the Writer's Guild of Great Britain). His third play THE LAST
YELLOW was produced at the Chelsea Centre in October 1996,
will go on tour in 1997 and has been optioned for a feature
film. Paul is currently under commission to the National Theatre
Studio.
'Karen
Jones is excellent as the rejected wife struggling to preserve
her self-respect'
London Student
'Timothy
Hughes’s production matches the writing of this tough
but surprisingly tender tragicomedy, written and performed
with real compassion.'
The Independent Critics' Choice
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