Following their successful run of Ladies’ Day in 2022, Breakaway Theatre Company is excited to be returning to The Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans with the sequel Ladies Down Under.
In Ladies Down Under we join our inimitable fish packers Jan, Linda, Pearl and Shelley for an adventure in Australia. This play, like its predecessor, is full of humour and fun but with (fish) buckets full of real-life angst and pathos. Whether you are already fans of these particular Ladies, or if this will be your first encounter, we are sure you will enjoy their wit, warmth and bewilderment as their carefully planned trip takes some unexpected turns.
Director Lesley Cowland, who also directed Breakaway’s hugely successful Home I’m Darling (2023) and the NODA award-winning Wildest Dreams (2024), says: “Ladies Down Under follows four women from Hull as they steer their way through life’s friendships, loves and surprises. It will bring a welcome ‘hug’ of Australian warmth and laughter to a UK winter”.
(This amateur production of Ladies Down Under is presented in association with Nick Hern Books.)
Cast (in order of appearance)
Joe/Bill/Charlie – Malcolm Coakley
Tom/Ben/Shane/Danny – Paul Murphy
Pearl – Elaine Hartless
Jan – Margie Skinner
Linda – Claire Waller
Shelley – Zara Radford
