The Old Town Hall

The Old Town Hall / Events / Fri 22 Apr 2016

Becoming Hattie

Becoming Hattie

Proteus Theatre Company present

Becoming Hattie

It’s 1974 and eight year old Jo is snuggled up on the settee in her flammable polyester nightie, watching the family’s first colour TV. ‘Sykes’ is on and there, on the screen, is a woman unlike anyone Jo has ever seen. That woman is Hattie Jacques!

Forty years on and Jo is walking in the footsteps of her idol. Despite the uncertainty, the periods of unemployment, the agent who seems to care more about raking in a quick buck than advancing her career, Jo is an actress. But why does she only get cast as the nurse, never the surgeon? Why is she always the council estate mum in Casualty with the dodgy kid and the high pony tail? Why is she too fat to play Lady Macbeth? Can Hattie help Jo find the answers to this modern mystery? Could it be that nothing has changed for women like Jo since Hattie did Carry On?

Suitable for 15+

Friday 22nd April 2016 8pm

£13, £11 concession
£10 Dacorum card, £5 upstaged

For more information visit http://oldtownhall.co.uk/

Event Location

The Old Town Hall

The Old Town Hall
High street
Hemel Hempstead
HP1 3AE

Telephone: 01442 228 091
Email: othadmin@dacorum.gov.uk
Website: http://oldtownhall.co.uk/

Event Details

Disciplines

Theatre