Ten Tiny Toes

Fri 13 Jun to Sat 5 Jul 2008

EVERYMAN

A world première by Esther Wilson, one of the writers of the award-winning Unprotected

Like every mother Gill (Lisa Parry) wants the best for her sons. Raise them well, keep them safe, clean and out of trouble. But for Michael (David Lyons) and Chris (Joe Shipman) the choices are few and far between. The only way to have the best is to be the best – join the army.  As the brutal business of war unfolds, the boys become men their mother doesn’t recognise and maternal love is put to a gruelling test. Glued to the news and linked from their sofas to the battlefield by satellite, the mothers join force as they try to find a political voice for their lost sons.

Ten Tiny Toes is an uncompromising and heartbreaking story of mothers and families and what happens when a distant war comes home.

Company

Cast Joanna Bacon, Fionnuala Dorrity, David Lyons, Barry McCormick, Lisa Parry, Joe Shipman and Paula Stockbridge

Writer Esther Wilson

Director Polly Teale

Designer Angela Simpson

Lighting Designer Chris Davey

Sound Designer Peter Salem

Video Designer Lorna Heavey

Reviews

Ten Tiny Toes

★★★★
"Written with fire and passion"

The Guardian

Ten Tiny Toes

9/10
"This formidable piece of theatre creeps up and hits you like a punch to the stomach"

Liverpool Confidential

Ten Tiny Toes

★★★★
"Wilson's searing play"

The Independent