About the play...
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What if…
I’m doing a test and trying my best but the words are meaningless data they jump about on the paper some backwards, some not and I’m losing the plot and I’m gonna look silly, like that boy with a willy picture stuck on his top when he went to the shop after school... Do you have worrits? You know - that uncontrollable churning in
the pit of your tummy like you have 341 worms squirming about? Melva Mapletree has them too, and right now they won’t let her leave the house. But then, on Christmas Eve, something happens which changes her world forever. Melva is a boisterous, mischievous and funny story of one girl’s adventure to find out what she’s really capable of. |
Melva is a new play aimed at young children aged 7-11. It is all about helping children begin to understand their worries and anxieties, and by doing so, learn how to control and overcome them. After a hugely successful run over Christmas 2017, with 15+ sold out performances, we are now looking at developing the show for a schools tour in Spring 2019, and exploring collaborations with various mental health agencies.
About Front Street Theatre...
Since we don't have our own Mortal Fools theatre venue (yet...) we had to get creative in order to bring Melva to public audiences.
As a company based in Prudhoe - a town in West Northumberland with very limited theatre provision - we were really keen to keep the production as central and accessible to the town as possible. So, with A LOT of elbow grease and sheer determination, we converted an empty shop unit on the high street into 'Front Street Theatre' - our very own pop-up theatre space.
As a company based in Prudhoe - a town in West Northumberland with very limited theatre provision - we were really keen to keep the production as central and accessible to the town as possible. So, with A LOT of elbow grease and sheer determination, we converted an empty shop unit on the high street into 'Front Street Theatre' - our very own pop-up theatre space.
We think 'Melva' at Front Street Theatre was something really special,
but don't just take our word for it....
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