Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs by David Halliwell

In 1990, following the success of Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, the company chose a play with an equally long title for its second production: Little Malcolm and His Struggle and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs by David Halliwell. The company now had a name... O'Punksky's theatre... a strange alchemy  of pink sky's, Ulster accents, and homages to Irish and Polish theatrical luminaries.
Halliwell's first play, written in 1965, is an exuberant, surrealist mixture of comedy and cruelty. It tells the story of Malcolm Scrawdyke, a perenial art student, and three of his Huddersfield colleagues who heat their cold attic studio to boiling point with fantastic and elaborate onslaughts against authority.
Little Malcolm is a story of dark and violent paranoia; of squalid ambition; of pathetic and hilarious fantasy; of conspiracy, piracy, manipulation and capitulation. The language is pyrotechnic, the situation desperate,. Its an extraordinary Yorkshire comedy with everything thrown in, including the kitchen sink.

This is superb theatre which catches the heart and mind..... don't miss it on any account. ... Paul Le Petit Sunday Tele
Patrick Dickson's portrayal of Malcolm is a tour de force,
catching all the twists and turns of his pathological withdrawal from society and reality. ... Bob Evans SMH
This is excellent stuff, excellently done: robust, thoroughly entertaining and relevant. Don't miss. ... Frank Gauntlett Daily Mirror

Cast:
Malcolm Scrawdyke                          Patric Dickson
Irwin Ingham                                       John O'Hare
John 'Wick'  Blagden                       Jonatha Sweet
Dennis Charles Nipple                      Mark Peglar
Ann Gedge                                            Kim Lewis

Creatives:
Director                                  Maeliosa Stafford
Design                                    Patrick Dickson
Sound Design                      Ozorigin Sound
Original Music                      Marcus O'Loughlin
                                                      and Greg Reeves
Lighting                                 Maeliosa Stafford 
                                         and Zbyszek Wesolowski
Costume                                Alison Leonard
Stage manager                     Zbyszek Wesolowski
Set Construction                  Martin Savage
Production Photography    Marco Bok

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