In Tents and Purposes
Off the back of a ★★★★★ sell-out at the Edinburgh fringe and transfer run at Soho Theatre,
comedy-play In Tents and Purposes toured the UK in Spring of 2017.
Ten years. Two friends. One fortune teller.
Roxy Dunn (Channel 4's Babylon, BBC Three's Top Coppers) and Alys Metcalf (The Play That Goes Wrong, West End) compete with their egos to tell a comic, time-hopping story, exploring whether our lives are predetermined or shaped by our choices.
'Very funny stuff and the
performances are excellent'
DAILY MAIL
'Daft, enjoyable meta theatre'
GUARDIAN
'An hour well spent in the company of two future stars'
SUNDAY MAIL
'A breath of fresh air'
THE TIMES
Tour dates
Harlow Playhouse
Oxford Playhouse
Cheltenham Everyman (2 shows)
Bike Shed Exeter
Theatre Royal York
Guildhall Theatre Derby
Mac Birmingham
Soho Theatre, London
Marlowe Theatre Canterbury
Lowry Salford
‘Two exceptionally
talented performers.’
COLIN MOCHRIE
(Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
'What's the plural of genius?
These two are that word'
PATERSON JOSEPH
(C4's Peepshow)
'One of the most enjoyable theatrical experiences I've
encountered at the fringe'
★★★★
THE SCOTSMAN
'Big heap of funny.
A must see'
MIKE WOZNIAK
(C4's Man Down
BBC's Walliams & Friend)
Cast and Creatives
Performers
Director
Written by
Devised by
Alys Metcalf
Roxy Dunn
Chris Head
Roxy Dunn
Alys Metcalf
Roxy Dunn
A Viscera Theatre Production
in association with
Anna Haigh Productions
In Tents and Purposes premiered at the Lyric Hammersmith on 22nd January 2016, as part of the Evolution scheme, before transferring to the VAULT Festival in February. The show then ran from 4th - 29th August at Assembly, George Sq, Studio 4 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was produced with the support of the Soho Young Writer’s scheme, sister company Folio Theatre and Bechdel Theatre, who pioneer female-lead work.