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27th May 2009 7.30pm
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Performances will be held at Didsbury Studio Theatre, MMU campus, Wilmslow Road, (opposite The Didsbury pub) from 27 to 30 May at 7.30pm.
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Didsbury’s unique fringe theatre company, IgnitionStage, presents its latest offering, ‘Fencing for Losers’, a moving tale of the cut-and-thrust nature of human relationships.
Know-it-all Mancunian, Danny, signs up for fencing lessons in a bid to escape a life that is going nowhere. Full of bravado, he wants it all and has his sights set on nothing less than Olympic gold. His teacher Susan, also in a rut, needs to explore new horizons. Together they discover that escape is possible and an unlikely relationship develops between the sophisticated older woman and her tough, young pupil.
IgnitionStage is the brainchild of Hungarian-born actress, Szilvi Naray-Davey, who plays the role of Susan in the play. Living in Didsbury with her husband and two children, Szilvi’s mission is to bring professional live theatre to the suburbs as well as introducing unknown Eastern European plays to British audiences.
A former student at the world-famous Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, Szilvi’s most recent acting credits include a role in the BBC Radio 4 drama, ‘Des Res’, broadcast last week. She is also a part-time lecturer in performance at the University of Salford.
Szilvi said: “The play resonates on many levels. A key thread is the gradual realisation of a common bond between two people so full of prejudice and antagonism towards each other. It’s a two-hander with a very minimal set, but it’s very funny and draws the audience into the characters’ world.”
The role of Danny is played by fellow Didsbury actor, Phil Briggs, and the play is directed by Richard Sinnott, also from Didsbury.
Showing locally and at the Buxton Festival Fringe, ‘Fencing for Losers’ is the second collaboration between the company and Salford-born playwright, Rob Johnston of Breathe Out Theatre. Their first joint production, the hugely successful ‘The Opposite of Claustrophobic’, was a sell-out in 2007.
Tickets, £8, are on sale now at The Art of Tea, Barlow Moor Road, Didsbu