Cal and Guss are teenage orphans living in Flint on the edge of the estuary and at “the end of the world”. Eighteen-year-old Cal believes they should make a new start in London but, on the night of their mother’s funeral, after a few beers, the pair think they spot her calling to them from out at sea. When they meet young runaway Harriet, their search is thrown into chaos and brother is pitted against brother in Off The Ground’s Cotton Wool which is coming to the Unity Theatre on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st May.
This is a gripping, moving and darkly comic tale of the anxiety, confusion, and boredom of teenage life and, above all, of the unquestioning love that two brothers can have for each other.
This will be the first time the play has been seen in the north west.
Off the Ground Theatre started working on the Wirral eighteen years ago and have produced over a hundred shows, featuring young talent from across Merseyside and the north west. This will be the company’s second outing at the Unity Theatre after last year’s production of Overspill.
“These shows are an opportunity for us to work with smaller casts on pieces of new writing as well as giving us the chance to showcase some of the incredible young talent we have in this area,” said O.T.G. artistic director Dan Meigh.
“It’s very rare that you get to see teenage characters actually being played by teenagers and when you see these performances you know that our young actors bring an extra level of passion and an understanding of exactly what it is like to experience the emotions that their characters are going through. It is genuinely inspiring working with them and I know that that their rawness and sheer energy will have a powerful effect on the audience.”
Off the Ground is dedicated to promoting young talent and this production features two recent graduates from Off the Ground Youth Theatre, Ben Bridson and Felipe Pacheco, and Whitney Deewho recently appeared in the Young Everyman Playhouse’ production of The Grid.
The cast also features choreographer and performer Grace Goulding and in her words, “The talent of our young cast is so impressive, this could easily be one of those productions where you say, “Oh, I saw them first, before they were famous, in Cotton Wool at the Unity.”
Tickets for Cotton Wool are priced at £10 with concessions available at £8. Tickets are available to purchase from the Unity Theatre Box office, by telephone at 0844 8732888 and online at www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk.