IT'S a kind of scouse Grumpy Old Men where taking a leek has more to do with toil of the soil than prostate difficulties.
The blurb: “Spring is in the air and the spuds are in the ground. When two blokes want to sit down and have a laugh without being bothered by anyone else there’s no place better than an allotment shed."
Cue a brand new two-hander written by Mickey Starke and Paul Broughton who met in the 1990s on the set of the C4 soap Brookside where they famously played Sinbad and Eddie Banks.
Since Brookie's demise, the two survivors have scaled the dizzying heights of the Liverpool stage. Now they are reunited for a Close encounter of the theatrical kind and have penned Shed with their old mucker, director Bob Eaton.
Starke and Broughton play two mates who have been the best sort for more than 50 years. "A lot of water has flowed under the bridge. Most of it funny but some of it troubled.”
Sticking to the old adage of writing about what you know, all three have used their own personal experiences and stories from their lives to breathe life into the script, devised especially for the Royal Court.
"It’s just another day in the shed and the banter flies thick and fast as they talk about the old days, girlfriends and the best way to boil a sprout. But things are never quite how they seem.”
As with all Royal Court productions, dinner will be available before the show in the stalls, “lovingly prepared by head chef Simon Collard”.
Shed will run from Friday 10 April to Saturday 9 May 2015. Tickets are available here or on 0151 709 4321.
