MARY Mallon is an Irish immigrant, an amiable host … and a killer? A talented cook in New York City in 1906 takes a job preparing delicious meals for yet another high society family, and yet again they begin to fall ill and die. Coincidence? Mary thinks so. She’s put all that nonsense behind her … or has she? Find out more when Living Spit bring their latest batty historical performance to a venue near you, starting at their home base, the Theatre Shop in Clevedon, from 30th September to 12th October.
Mary is cooking three courses for a very special guest tonight – YOU! …
That is, unless health inspector and sanitation expert George Soper can stop her before it’s too late…
There’s Something About Typhoid Mary is on a lengthy West Country tour with Stu Mcloughlin as the much-maligned Mary Mallon and Lucy Tuck as the germaphobic George Soper. The tour begins at Living Spit’s followed by two Artsreach dates, at Royal Manor Theatre at Portland on Tuesday 15th October and Lytchett Matravers village hall on Wednesday 16th. The show is at The Exchange at Sturminster Newton on Thursday 17th, The Pound arts centre at Corsham on Saturday 19th, and Thursday to Saturday, 24th to 26th, at the Blakehay Theatre, Weston-super-Mare.
November dates are 4th to 9th November, Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol, 13th November at the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, 14th November at Bridport Arts Centre, 15th at Dorchester Arts, and 16th at Pill Memorial Club, Easton in Gordano.
With live original music, deliciously tempting food, which you can really eat (if you dare), gory deaths a-plenty, puerile puppetry and sackfuls of cross-dressing crassness, this promises to be a feverishly funny feast of fun for some of the family. Just don’t mention the T-word …
Are you brave enough to take this contagiously entertaining journey through the dark and sinister world of the killer cook, Typhoid Mary, told with Living Spit’s trademark wit, song and silliness.