Laurielorry Theatre Company and makin projects present SAUSAGE AND SAMOSA (in association with Derby Live), GUSSET, APPLE PIE ORDER and TRIFLE.
 

SAUSAGE & SAMOSA

Eve, an environmentalist and dry-stone wall expert, is fast becoming a wilting wallflower. Tired of dating agencies and as a last ditch attempt to find her man, Eve taps into the Asian culture of arranged marriages.
 

Ready Steady Cook meets Blind Date as, in true Bollywood style, Eve’s fantasy begins and the potential suitors now downloaded from Eve’s website www.hottottierecycleme.com are shown.
 

The audience cast their vote by raising a sausage or a samosa card to choose Eve’s perfect Adam.

GUSSET

The gusset is the epicenter; it determines the way a woman moves and feels and if the gusset is cut the wrong way dramatic changes take place.

If you are experiencing mood swings, hot flushes, irrational behavior, manic depression or wanting to kill the nearest person to you, then before you go down the path of Hormone Replacement Therapy...check your gusset out.

‘Gently poignant yet always witty, unlike Alan Bennett's Talking Heads, the pathos never once threatens to strip away the humour, and one wishes there were more of the delicious humour of reported dialogues with other characters. Knicker elastic for the soul with a feelgood factor that rides high.’- The Stage (on Gusset)

‘Her matter of fact delivery and extreme physical postures make the grinding indignities of the production line into the stuff of comedy.’ – Leicester Mercury

TRIFLE   

A performance built on a bed of cake with a surprise that turns everything upside-down...

Elaine and Martin Pantling, the Fanny and Jonny of ‘new world cuisine’, serve up a 7 step trifle. A demonstration of cultivated delight that not only tickles those taste-buds but also reaches the parts that no other trifle can.

The main ingredients are laughter, joy and cheer... Trifle is not only food for thought but celebrates life in all its fullness and is guaranteed to complement any occasion...

‘The writing is full of witty prose and observations’ - BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour

A fourth piece Apple Pie Order is performed in conjunction with one of the company’s extensive education packages relating to domestic abuse. Further information can be found in the education section of this website.

Sausage and Samosa and Gusset are full length theatre productions where as Trifle is tailor-made to suit any occasion and can be performed in kitchens, at private functions, corporate events, bars, special Celebrations and is perfect after-dinner entertainment. Running time 20 minutes.

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Laurielorry Theatre Company
Laurielorry Theatre Company takes 'everydayness' and transforms it into a profound and extraordinary performed situation. The aim of Laurielorry is to explore the comedic possibilities in performance to expose humour and pathos that not only enlightens and entertains but communicates directly with audiences.
 

In 1999, at the age of forty, Elaine Pantling graduated from De Montfort University with a BA Single Honours in Performing Arts. She spent the previous twenty years working as a 'Time Served Cutter' in the hosiery trade. On leaving university Elaine formed 'Laurielorry Theatre Company'.

She has devised, written and performed seven professional shows and has built up a following in the East Midlands Region. Elaine has worked with adults who have learning difficulties and she has written and directed two films - "My Genes Don't Fit" (Supported by The Wellcome Trust) and "I Love You More Than Cheese" (Sponsored by Lloyds TSB).

For more information please visit www.laurielorry.co.uk