 It's 1977, as a 20th anniversary treat, Dwight Carter decides to
take his wife to all 12 dates of an Elvis tour. But here's the deal: the tour starts a
thousand miles from home in glamour-free Portland, his wife no longer loves Elvis and has
no desire to travel the country to see him; oh and today is August 16th and the King is
about to leave the building for the last time. A fictional play based on real events.
'Filled with wit and pathos' (Fringereport.com).
Elvis is coming to the Fringe...but he has
missed shows before
Thirty three years to the day of his death,
and in the year he would have turned 75, a new play about the tour Elvis Presley never did
is coming to the Laughing Horse@The Counting House as part of this year’s Fringe.
Based on real events ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight?’ begins on the day Elvis
died. Dwight and Leanne Carter are on a journey from Memphis to Portland. It’s the
day before their twentieth wedding anniversary, and their marriage has been going through
a rocky patch. Dwight has decided that the best way to save their marriage is to get them
tickets for all twelve dates of a tour by the man whose music brought them together. Sadly
for Dwight, fate is set to intervene before he gets the chance to find out whether this
was really such a good idea after all.
Denied, or spared, the chance to see him live, they have to decide whether to do the
tour without Elvis, or go home to an uncertain future. Whatever they decide, their
marriage depends on it, and, even after his death, Elvis holds the key to their future
happiness.
Are You Lonesome Tonight? is written by Andy Moseley and directed by Howie Ripley. The
cast are Alison Green and Andy Moseley. The play won the Stagecoach Trophy for original
work at the 2010 Elmbridge Drama Festival, and was performed at the Oxfringe Festival in
April. Now extended to one hour, it will be performed at the Buxton Fringe in July, ahead
of a five date run in Edinburgh that includes the 33rd anniversary of Elvis’ death, and
the start of the tour that never was.
‘A very well written play. The dialogue is filled with wit and
pathos’ Fringe Report.com |
