Sheffield-based community theatre company Tudor Players return to the Library Theatre this summer with the ‘intensely intimate comedy-drama’ (The Stage) Shelia’s Island by Tim Firth.
Bonfire Night 2019, Sheila, Denise, Julie, and Fay are Team C in Pennine Mineral Water Ltd.’s annual outward-bound team-building weekend.
Somehow, Sheila has been nominated team leader, and, using her cryptic crossword-solving skills, has unwittingly stranded her team on an island in the Lake District.
Our intrepid heroines find themselves manufacturing weapons from cable ties and spatulas, and create a rescue flag with plastic plates and a toasting fork.
Questions are asked; truths are told; and dirty washing is aired.
This captivating comedy-drama explores survival, teamwork and building a shelter from a prom dress and sleeveless jumper.
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