Guide Bridge Theatre in Tameside will be presenting 'To Be Frank' in 2016 and 'Soul Without End' in 2017. Further details will be posted soon!
Pleased to also announce that 'Where is the Life?' and 'To Be Frank' are both now signed to the theatrical publishers, Stagescripts.
Martin’s works are represented by the Theatrical Publishers, Stagescripts.
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IS THERE ANYBODY THERE? When Sue meets Ann, an employee of her late husband, she finds a soul mate in more ways than one. And following a chance conversation about a psychic medium, she hatches a plan. A laugh. The chance to drink, to joke and to make fun with impunity of those who she sees as pathetic for trying to contact their dead relatives: laughing at the expense of those who pursue the question ?Is there anybody there?
SOUL WITHOUT END: A young woman and her uncle escape the ravages of the second world war and take refuge in the ruins of a French Chateau, inhabited by the owner and a small group of soldiers from apparently different sides, who appear to be also seeking refuge from ? what? They soon come to realise that it is not only people who have memories. So do places. And the reasons are darker, much darker than they could possibly ever think.
THE KING'S ORPHAN: During the Great War, 116 young men who had attended Blackburn Orphanage in Lancashire, went to war. 15 of them never returned; one of them was only recorded by his name. ?The King?s Orphan? is a unique, touching and very special story of how a generation of ordinary men did an extraordinary thing. But it also illustrates how some men went to war to fight for something bigger. For a family they had never known.
Some of the audience feedback from the opening night ...
“Go and see this play, I've just been to the first night. It's a super script, two fabulous actors; it’s Martin's best work by far and the best play I've seen on a stage for a long time.” ... “Just home from seeing this ... OMG! 11/10! Not a dry eye in the house.” ... “Brilliant! Well done to all involved, very well written and amazing performances. I laughed a lot and cried! I was hooked all the way through! You should be very proud!” ... “ … credit where credits due. I had no idea the interval was coming. I didn’t want it to stop and the ending was so emotional” ... “The best play I have seen in a long time. Excellent."
“I saw these two monologue plays by Martin Paul Roche. Laugh out loud funny and also very thought provoking. Two excellent performances. Go and see it if you can. New plays on tour. Brilliant.” AND “Absolutely brilliant. Both performances did justice to your writing! Great plays, very poignant in parts but ‘laugh out loud’ comedic in others.”
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