Date and Time

Sun 06 July @ 7:15pm Squeak, TWFringe

 

Solo Show Comedy Drama. 

London Pub Theatres Nominee - Best Solo Show

A true story of high treason, espionage, spam fritters. The only British person to be tried for treason in the Second World War takes to the stage for the first time. 

Was Mabel a collaborator?  A visionary? Or just an outsider?  Was she the victim of a witch hunt? Or the victim of her own uncompromising nature? Join Mabel on Sandown Beach with her secateurs, sequinned tassels and heartfelt - if misguided - self-belief. By Ali WIlliams, based on the novel 'Careless Talk' by James Friel  (shortlisted for the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize).

 

Running time: 60min

Suitable for Age 12+

Warnings: Mild swearing

 

REVIEWS

★★★★ London Pub Theatres Magazine, reviewed by Annie Power, Artistic Director of Open Page

"Superbly acted by Ali Williams, who effortlessly embodies all the characters in a tour de force performance, displaying a range of accents and mannerisms at a heady pace, with great skill and vitality... the writing is warm, witty and energetic, and can turn, startlingly and unexpectedly poetical...

“Careless Talk” is a cross between a wonderfully observed Victoria Wood sketch of everyday life and an episode of “Dad’s Army”. With a fondness and reverence for its subject matter and a versatile actress in the lead, this is a show you won’t want to miss."

 

CREATIVES

Performed by Ali Williams

Novelist - James Frile

Lighting by Helen Potter

Sound by Hugh Levinson

Tour Support - Rachel Barnett Jones

Design by Polly Twinkle

Presented by Ali Williams

CAST:  

Ali Williams as Mabel

CREW:

TBC - Helen Potter

Company website: www.aliwilliams.net/careless-talk