Out of Joint and Octagon Theatre Bolton present

MIXED UP NORTH - a new play by Robin Soans

"A brilliant evening's entertainment... A triumph" Whatsonstage

CRITIC'S CHOICE "skilfully choreographed by the director Max Stafford-Clark, flippant, funny and sometimes disturbing views of both participants and leaders are forcefully expressed by a lively cast." Sunday Times

"When the real stories emerge, sometimes haltingly, sometimes harrowingly, they are never less than compelling... often funny and touching" Independent

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Based on real events, Mixed Up North is a fiercely funny and moving new play about the difficulties of uniting divided racial communities "gay", the compelling stories of the young stars unfold, along with a moving history of their town.

Take your seat at their final dress rehearsal... with tensions rising and mobiles ringing, will Trish and Bella bring their utopian dream to a triumphant conclusion?

Out of Joint is famed for its fascinating "verbatim" documentary plays, from David Hare's The Permanent Way to Robin Soans's A State Affair and Talking to Terrorists. Robin has also written The Arab Israeli Cookbook (which became an actual cookbook as well as a play) and Life After Scandal, about the Hamiltons.

"heartbreaking, unmissable... a massive achievement"
Time Out on A State Affair

"I will be astonished if the year turns up a more important, illuminating or moving play than this"
Daily Telegraph on Talking to Terrorists

"5 STARS - the latest superb piece of verbatim theatre from those masters of the form: the director Max Stafford-Clark and the writer Robin Soans... shot through with rueful humour and a sense of the quirkiness of fate – unmissable"
The Independent on Talking to TerroristsMan

TOUR 2009