Date: 17 Mar 2010 – 20 Mar 2010 Time: 7.30pm & 2.30pm (Wednesday and Saturday only)

Price: £10, £8conc

Venue: Customs House Theatre
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SOUTH SHIELDS GAZETTE ARTICLE

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/It39s-good-to-talk-says.6142446.jp
The Customs House presents
Talking Tom

The Customs House is delighted to host the return of Jarrow born playwright Tom Kelly’s hilarious monologues.

Elsie & Elsie Rides Again look at a seemingly sweet 77 year old spinster Elsie, a lovely granny figure on the outside but what about inside? Is she as sweet as she seems?

Neighbourhood Watch is the ultimate Neighbourhood Watcher; he is on duty twenty four hours a day – watching you.

The Club Doorman, keeps the door at a CIU-affiliated working men’s club. He knows everyone’s business from the committee, club organist to club members but does he know what he is doing to his family?

The show will also include readings of some of Tom Kelly’s critically acclaimed poetry.

“These monologues are beautifully crafted little gems” – British Theatre Guide

“Elsie should have a TV sitcom of her own” – Shields Gazette

“Neighbourhood Watch …is hilariously funny …to live next door to him must be hell on earth….exactly the right piece to take us into the interval – the bar was buzzing!” – British Theatre Guide

“The dialogue sparkles. It’s in the style of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, and the master couldn’t have done any better” – Shields Gazette

“Tom is a writer with a gift for dialogue, one of the reasons his short plays works so well…his characters are utterly convincing …. – Sunderland Echo

We are delighted to announce that following its run here at The Customs House, Talking Tom will be going on tour to theatres across the region.

The tour dates are as follows:

Tuesday March 23
Middlesbrough Town Hall – Crypt
01642 729 729
www.visitmiddlesbrough.com

Wednesday March 24
Queens Hall Arts Centre, Hexham
01434 652 477
www.queenshall.co.uk

Thursday March 25
Lamplight Arts Centre, Stanley
01207 218 899
www.leisureworksonline.co.uk

Friday 26th March
Arts Centre Washington
0191 219 3455
www.artscentrewashington.co.uk

Saturday 27th March
The Maltings Studio, Berwick upon Tweed
01289 330 999

www.maltingsberwick.co.uk