The Redundant Blade - A Tribute to Tom Hadaway

Fish Quay Productions present The Redundant Blade -A Tribute to Tom Hadaway’s The Filleting Machine

The Redundant Blade was written as a tribute to the late Tom Hadaway who author Terry Patterson knew when he served his time as a fish filleter on North Shields fish quay in 1971 as a fifteen year old. 

The play focuses on the Rutter Family on what was then called the Ridges Estate. Da Rutter Played by (Stephen Heanan) has been out of work for two years when the introduction of a filleting machine made his job as a filleter obsolete and he makes his way in life doing the odd bit of fiddle work to supplement his benefits from the social security. Ma’ Rutter (Stephanie Cupbello) struggles to feed her six children and hold the family together. Davy (Tom Hewitt) her son has followed his father onto North Shields fish quay as a deckhand on-board the Northern Light, a trawl vessel. Alice (Jasmine Crichton) the oldest daughter is musically gifted and writes poetry. She has dreams of going to university and escaping the poverty that she finds herself in. Tensions rise in the household when Ethel Lowry (Kathleen Latimore) reports the family to the council. This get worse when Da’, a staunch Labour party supporter, discovers that his son has voted for Margaret Thatcher’s Government. The play is set during the Miner’s strikes of 1984.

The evening will commence with Music from Robbie Thinman then there will be a short interval before the main event. 

Tickets are £7.50 Full and £6. Con from the box office or www.ticketsource.co.uk/theexchange
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