New Perspectives Theatre Co.: How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup (Dining Room, Gilded Balloon, 24/08)

Mark Jardine relates the tale of how an obscure village football team won the FA Cup.  With a set consisting only of truncated goalposts, a washing line and a few team shirts, this is a show ideal for a village hall venue.   At first I wondered how Mark, in the character of Joe Gidner, would keep our interest, but he is a skilled and accomplished performer and had no problem in keeping the audience engaged, taking us through the vicissitudes both of football and village life to ultimate feel-good victory in a seventy-five minute performance.
A big YES for rural touring potential. 

Peter for Arts Out West