Guildford Fringe Theatre Company’s production of Jim Cartwright’s Two moves performances online from Thursday

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Guildford Fringe Theatre Company has announced that its professional production of Jim Cartwright’s play, Two, will continue to play to a socially distanced live audience at the Back Room at the Star Inn from 2-4 November, but will now be live streamed online for the remainder of the week.

First performed in 1989 at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton, Two follows the simple concept of two actors playing fourteen different characters between them. The action is set entirely in the local pub - in this case, The Back Room of The Star Inn of course! The Landlord and Landlady’s cheery greetings and friendly banter barely disguise their contempt for each other. Having met outside the pub when they were kids, they now own the place. During the course of the evening, assorted customers pass through and we are given a small snapshot into each of their lives. Two is storytelling at its best. 

The play stars Laurie Duncan and Claire Marlein, and is directed and produced by Nick Wyschna.

Wyschna said: “Just when we thought we were going to be producing a week of live, in-person theatre, we received that news! I can’t lie, I’m gutted. This is probably the best play we’ve produced at Guildford Fringe. It’s certainly the best piece of theatre I have personally directed, I’m beaming with pride for it. Anyway, enough of the negative. On the positive side, we get to perform the show live in front of an audience for three days, which is better than nothing. And then we open the show up to the world by streaming it from Thursday until Saturday. My worst nightmare would be for no one to see this incredible show with these two actors who are just sublime and that is not happening, so all is well!”

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