Peggy’s Song
Various venues
Wed 25 Sept-Fri 11 Oct
This one-man show stars Christian Patterson as Danny Walkman, a hospital radio DJ who has a chance meeting with enigmatic patient Peggy in the hospital’s Garden Of Hope after one of his shows. They’ve nothing in common, but confident that everybody has a song and persistent in making her smile, Danny is determined to get through Peggy’s past until he can find and play her song on his station.
Peggy’s Song was produced for the NHS’ 70-year anniversary last year, and originally performed at Wrexfest in 2018 – one of five plays subtitled Love Letters To The NHS and thematically related to the National Health Service. Written by Katherine Chandler (Parallel Lines) and directed by Phil Clark (Danny, Champion of the World), with only one performer it’s all down to Patterson – performing onstage alone for the first time – to pull it off.
Peggy’s Song stops at Newport Riverfront (Wed 25 Sept), Pontardawe Arts Centre (Thurs 26), Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon (Tue 1 Oct), Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl (Wed 2), Theatr Hafren, Newtown (Thurs 3), Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea (Fri 4), Royal Welsh College, Cardiff (Sat 5), Borough Theatre, Abergavenny (Mon 7), Miners Institute, Blackwood (Tue 8), Torch Theatre, Milford Haven (Wed 9), Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli (Thurs 10) and the Lyric, Carmarthen (Fri 11).
Tickets: from £11. Info: 029 2037 1689 / www.nationaltheatrewales.org (GE)