Rip Her to Shreds

Old Red Lion Theatre
16 March - 03 April 2010

Rip Her to Shreds

By Grant Corr

Mena Town isn't ready for a seventeen year old cross dressing Debbie Harry, but D doesn't give a shit, he's going to be who he wants to be and no one's getting in his way.

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Play Information

D would rather suck on the bottoms of his da’s shite encrusted trousers than wear a pin striped suit to his brother’s wedding.

That’s because D would rather look like Debbie Harry.

It’s 1981 and Mena Town isn’t ready for a seventeen year old transsexual. The local hard man thinks he can sort him out. D’s ma is at her wits end; why can’t she have a normal family, just for one single day. His brother doesn’t want him to be his best man, he’ll ruin everything. And his best mate, big Brenda, wants D to keep his hands off her gorgeous new romantic boyfriend.

D doesn’t understand why there is such a fuss from everyone, it’s his life, and it’s up to him what he wears, or who he goes out with; or is it?

Rip Her to Shreds is a story about being different, a freak, a weirdo, and a disappointment. But D’s no ordinary teenager, he’s on an adventure, a journey of a lifetime, and nobody’s going to live his life for him.

Creative Team

Director:	Max Lewendel
Prod Manager:	Caroline Saunders
Asst Producer:	Louise Ody
Ed Manager:	Margaret Pritchard
Set Designer:	Christopher Hone
Costume Design:	Katharine Heath
Sound Designer:	Matt Downing
LX Designer:	Seth Rook Williams
Stage Manager:	Jules Richardson
Asst Director:	Tom Brandt
Costume Asst:	Margarita Pohkrel
Graphic Artist:	John Good

Cast

Davy Harrison:	Tom Read Wilson
Brenda McVey:	Siobhan Fanning
Joan Harrison:	Teresa Jennings
Neville Harrison:	Francis Adams
Colin Harrison:	Wez Crotty
Keenan:	Rowan Finnegan

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