Mayday Mayday Tuesday: Shawney’s story

New Writing Season

Mayday Mayday Tuesday:  Shawney’s story
by Carlos Murillo

Directed by David Zoob

A soul backing vocalist dies and her son is taken by his mysterious uncle, who longs to recapture his past pop stardom. Across the city, a pregnant novelist seeks to uncover a mystery: is there a ghost in her new home, or is her husband having an affair? Next door, a wealthy couple struggles to keep up appearances while raising their troubled adopted child. Hiding out in a repossessed condo, a sexy musicology student becomes private detective, searching for a lost musical genius. When a long forgotten record album resurfaces in Chicago, these disparate lives will collide. Carlos Murillo has rearranged these stories into a two self-contained plays specially for Buford's New Writing Season 2018.
 
CARLOS MURILLO is a Chicago-based, internationally produced and award winning playwright of Colombian and Puerto Rican descent. He is a recipient of a 2015 Doris Duke Impact Award for his work in the theatre.  He also received a 2016 Mellon Foundation Playwright Residency at Adventure Stage in Chicago. His body of work has been widely produced throughout the United States and Europe.
 
Please note this is a promenade performance which contains scenes of a sexual nature. 
 
Performances
Wednesday 13 June - 5.30pm
Thursday 14 June - 1.30pm
Friday 15 June - 3pm
Saturday 16 June - 12.30pm

Admission
£10 full price
£5 RBC students