FROM THE BARN THEATRE ARCHIVE

Parlour Song

By Jez Butterworth
Directed by Danny Swanson
22nd – 25th October 2022 at 8:00pm
Matinee on 23rd at 2:30pm

A hilarious but sinister suburban showdown in darkest Hertfordshire.

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

Demolition expert Ned lives in a nice new house on a nice new estate on the edge of the English countryside. He loves his job, he loves barbecues, he loves car boot sales. Outwardly his life is entirely unremarkable. Not unlike his friend and neighbour Dale.

So why has he not slept a wink in six months? Why is he so terrified of his attractive wife Joy? And why is it every time he leaves on business, something else goes missing from his home?

Parlour Song is a black, hilarious exploration of deceit, paranoia and murderous desire, as the spirit of the Blues lands in leafy suburbia.

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM

Directed by
Danny Swanson

CREATIVE TEAM

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Production PHOTOS

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MEDIA & REVIEWS​

Exactly captures the mundane madness beneath the bland routine of affluence.
Guardian
Wickedly funny
Financial Times

DON'T FORGET, COMING UP AT THE BARN SOON

An Evening of One-Act Plays at the Barn Theatre Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire - 19th – 22nd February 2025 Growing Pains by Kim Southey and Tuna Fish Eulogy by Lindsay Price
Opening 19th February
By Kim Southey & Lindsay Price

 

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6th February at 8.00pm

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7th – 15th February at 8.00pm
Matinee on 15th at 2.00pm