Nancy's Orange and The Butterfly Collector

PMac productions and bigupnorth.

In this unique double-bill, two actor-writers, Grace Kirby and Peter Macqueen, perform their own one-person shows, each directed by the other.

Nancy’s Orange
In Nancy’s Orange, an NHS prescription driver delivers to patients who live in beautiful but remote rural locations. There are brief encounters on doorsteps, in kitchens and even on balconies revealing lives richly lived through stories of love, loss, sadness and joy.

“I thought it would be a nice little job, just me and Classic FM, no-one breathing down my neck and I can leave the work at home…”

But she finds she can’t. Through meetings with an unforgettable cast of characters – including Captain Underpants, a priestly imposter and a satnav with a mind of its own – she begins to question how we care for and perceive our elderly neighbours and invites us to do the same.

The Butterfly Collector

The play is set some time in the future a man sits on a chair, on a box, on a table eating a picnic. We are not sure why. He lives alone, away from “the new inland coastal towns and city outlies”. He talks about the butterflies of his past and we discover that he is part of a long line of butterfly collectors. Was his grandfather the reason the Black-veined White became extinct all those years ago? He tells moth jokes – “There are more moth jokes than butterfly ones. But then there are more moths than butterflies… even now.”