7th and 8th June
8.00pm in the Mandela Bar
(Bar opens at 7.30pm)
"From Victorian wet nurses to 90s sperm banks, Mark Ravenhill's new play examines the role of parenting in an age of diverse sexualities, biological engineering and Tinky Winky's handbag"
£2.50 Dramsoc / £3.00 NUS / £3.50 Other
Pay on the door or email LS5600@bristol.ac.uk to guarantee availability. Click here for a map to the venue.
WARNING: THIS PERFORMANCE CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND SCENES OF A SEXUAL NATURE.
ABOUT THE PLAY
The play was originally produced in 1998 at the Lyric Studio, Hammersmith.
DramSoc presents a new production of Mark Ravenhill's shocking, intelligent and funny play. Twenty-eight years before The Importance of Being Earnest, a young woman gives birth to a baby boy. Is it an accident when Nanny places him in a handbag and her unpublished novel into the pram? Handbag is set in two timeframes; partly in the present and partly in Oscar Wilde’s classic text. Written by one of the UK's leading playwrights the play takes a cynical look at parenting in this modern age of diverse sexualities. What exactly could happen when two gay guys and two lesbians decide to have a child together? Come along and find out...
The bar will be open so it's a chance to have a drink and watch a show at the same time!
For more information please email: LS5600@bristol.ac.uk