SOLD OUT //// SKANK - A new play created by Clementine Bogg-Hargroves - Produced by Future Artists

Tonights performance is sold out, we have limited tickets Tuesday and Wednesday 

What is Skank?
- The World is in the middle of an Existential Crisis, Climate
Emergency, Brexit,... which is exactly what you don’t want to be
reminded of on a cold wet January evening in a theatre above a pub in
Salford! - so WE ARE EXACTLY NOT THAT! - Hey there. I’m the shows’ producer by the way.. stick with us, let me give you 3 exacting sentences about the performance of SKANK!- Have a cheeky scroll down...

It’s a comedy drama... but it’s also got some postmodern bits in it – so it's a
bit clever - you know, a bit like Fleabag clever, so if you like Fleabag and are a fan of comedians like Luisa 'What would Beyonce do? Omielan – then SKANK is right up your street, pull up a chocolate rolo yogurt, flip the lid and laugh out loud!

Let me introduce you to Kate, who is the main character in SKANK,
she was created by Clementine Bogg-Hargroves, and having met Clem and
having seen her perform as Kate, there are definitely some
similarities – they are both the same age (20 something), are both
striving for a life that may or may not exist, and both appear on
stage during the show! Kate likes to improv as Clem and Clem likes to
act like Kate..... confused? Don't worry, you got this, come to the
show to find out!

So what's the
story, well it’s 55 minutes long, so just about long enough to not
check your phone for a message from say 'Sexy Gary', that's whose
pants Kate's trying to get into. Kate’s got a vague ambition to be an award garlanded writer, an ambition that doesn’t seem to translate into any actual hard-work or action. But to be fair, between recycling this bean can and obsessing over her inevitable early death, she’s no room left to concentrate on winning the Nobel Prize for literature – Gen Z in a nutshell.

So how did Clem get here, on this stage in front of you... as a writer, actor and
co-director/producer, well she’d been thinking about writing a one-woman show for long enough and it was about time she actually put pen to paper, plus she was skint. She wanted to write something in
her own voice that pertained to the world as young people know it right now. 

“So I sat down and started to visualise situations I'd been in,
especially ones over the last year and just watched them play out in
my head until I got to a point which made me laugh or I thought:
that'd be funny to show people, and I was off.” Clementine Bogg-Hargroves, 2019

She booked in a date to perform at Hettie’s cafe in Skipton, where she once worked,
which gave her just over a over a month to write the play, learn the
play, build the set, record the voices and have massive
anxiety...Luckily, her close friend  Zoey Barnes came to the
rescue with 2 weeks to go until showtime and stepped into directing
duties. Zoey came to do a one-off directing session and didn't leave!

It became clear that more hands on deck meant more laughs. With the show already
written, the two spent the next few weekends fine-tuning, cackling wildly and eating excellently prepared broccoli.

After performing SKANK at her first ever Greater Manchester fringe and being selected as one of
the BEST OF THE FRINGE, Clem was invited to perform at venues in Newcastle, Preston and Blackpool, and people have started to call it 'The Northern Fleabag', which we will use to market the show, while forging our own identity.

Since those performances Clem has been working with me! Mark Ashmore, the show's Producer.. and so we hope you can join us, support us.. in return we promise we will make you laugh, cry and recycle.

Head to The King’s Arms on
10th January (7pm)

11th Janaury (7pm)

14th Janaury (9pm)

15th January (9pm)

List of dates here 

https://www.fatsoma.com/future-artists-studios

to watch SKANK. With its fresh humour and relatable characters, it is the perfect way to kick your evening off.

Clem will most likely be in the bar if you want a chat after the show, The play starts bang on at 7pm or 9pm, so be there early to snag the best seats and buy a drink at the bar to support the wonderful Kings Arms, without spaces like this, experiments in performance like SKANK, just can’t happen! -

Tickets here, more info via 
http://www.facebook.com/futureartists
http://www.futureartists.net 

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible – Future Artists Est 2009