4 characters, 4 stories
Laundry is written by the Palace Theatres resident creative writing teacher Chris Woodhouse. It comprises four monologues, linked by various activities associated with doing the laundry. Edna, Bernard, Terence and Bettina are all busy with the task in hand but what are they thinking about? These characters do not know each other and have completely different tales to tell but there is more that links them than it seems. It probably isnt wise to wash your dirty linen in public!
Internal narrators take mortal form in this first ever production of newly written drama, Laundry. They air the stories of Edna, Bernard, Terence and Bettina as each character is busy managing various aspects of their laundry. They may be simply ironing, sorting or sewing on a button or two but are innocent, everyday activities the sole preserve of blameless, ordinary people? It seems not. Secrets, sorrows, flaws and failings all come out in the wash as these four stories unfold and although the clothes might end up clean, none of these characters comes out whiter than white.
Chris Woodhouse has been teaching literature based and creative writing courses to adults for some thirty five years but although she has written a fair amount of fiction it is rarely shared. This monologue series, Laundry, is an exciting, if nerve wracking, return venture into the world of theatre and its production carries with it a sense of throwing caution to the winds. Time is ticking. None of us is getting any younger. Why not risk sharing a few tall tales?