The Place Theatre, Bedford

Dumbstruck Productions present Radio By Al Smith 8th to 10th March at 7:30pm Thursday to Saturday

'Radio' is part of a double bill with 'Howl', which is playing later on the same evenings.

After their successful Christmas show, 'George's Marvellous Medicine' designed for families and children, Dumbstruck! Productions return to The Place Theatre with a double bill of one-man shows aimed at a more mature audience. This double bill of old fashioned 'Americana' aims to explore 1950's America, with its conflicting values, competing drives and remarkable achievements.

First up is 'Radio', written by young British playwright Al Smith. An up-and-coming talent on the British theatre scene, Smith has worked as a writer in residence at the Soho Theatre, Finborough Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre, as well as writing for the BBC on television and radio.

'Radio' deals with a young American, Charlie Fairbanks who is born in the middle of America in the middle of the 20th Century. In this poignant, witty and beautifully crafted play Charlie looks back over his childhood; his loves, losses, family life, hopes and dreams. Smith's script also deals with the 1950's boom, the American Dream, capitalism and Charlie's greatest dream: to be an Astronaut.

Set during a time of great conflict, upheaval, growth, and development, 'Radio' paints a clever portrait of a young man and his country struggling to come to terms with its new power, identity and position in a new world.

Tickets for this show are priced at £6.00, with a concession price of £5.00.

Tickets will also be available on the door on the evenings of the performance.