B-Road Movie
Maggie and Sue’s first foray into the glamorous
world of cellulite celluloid.
“A reel good time had by all”
Kerr McKinlay, The Scotsman
SYNOPSIS:
Lip Service go round the bend in this road movie. Tina and Yvonne go on a road trip together in the North of England. It’s for the Film Buffs’ Treasure Hunt. They have been selected as mystery partners for the competition. Accompanied by an upbeat Latin American B-Movie theme tune, a tiny model car comes over the distant hill (Maggie and Sue making “brm brm” noises. Their journey includes diners, songs, dance routines, traffic jams, parking sequences, and an A-Z of Halifax. They pair go in and out of black and white B-Movies along the way featuring camels, a mummy and much more.
“We’re gonna head off on the highway to adventure
I hope there’s somewhere nice to stop for tea
We’re gonna look around every corner until we
Find our prize
Try and keep your feet off my upholstery”
B-ROAD MOVIE!
We have always loved the work of Forkbeard Fantasy, who have trail blazed in the field of stage/film interaction. This combined with our love of the film Thelma and Louise was the inspiration behind B-Road Movie! Characters on film interacting with characters on stage allows you to create a larger cast of characters. You can play two characters on film directly addressing two characters on stage.
We toured a massive film projector which weighed a tonne. Working with film certainly has its hazards. Occasionally the film would stick and then melt. The show got shorter and shorter as we glued bits of film back. One day we went backstage to see our projector operator standing in a sea of celluloid as the projector spewed it out all over the stage. We had to send the audience out for an extended interval whilst we fixed it.
Fortunately audiences love things when they go wrong, it shows how live an experience theatre is!
B-Movie : Mrs Austen Brown
