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The Battery by Megan Coles
Description
Karen and Lizzie, best friends bartending in St. John’s, are forced to question the strength of their bond when one ends up in an abusive relationship. As the characters transition from the steep edges of Signal Hill to The Backroom, a local dive-bar, we meet a collection of neighbourhood regulars who frequent the establishment: Marilyn, a fifty-year-old stripper; Bruce, a KFC-eating divorcee; Cuppy, who always needs to use the phone; Bobby, a victim become villain; and Phillips, a bully who’s out to cut off Bobby’s fingers. The Battery examines the often difficult and challenging loyalties that inform community and surround abusive relationships, in a play that is gritty, adamant, and hysterically funny, while often shocking and heart-breaking.
https://povertycove.com/production/the-battery/
Production
RCA Theatre and Poverty Cove Theatre, The Republic, St. John’s, NFLD. 2011
Role
Director
Team
Playwright
Megan Coles
Director
Emma Tibaldo
Cast: Bridget Wareham, Natalia Hennelly, Gregory Clayton King, Deidre Gillard-Rowlings, Steve Lush, Darryl Hopkins.
Media
“Surrounded by a colourful cast of supporting characters… the two friends are forced to question the strength of their friendship when one of them ends up in an abusive relationship.”
—Heidi Wicks reviews The Battery for The Telegram
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-telegram-st-johns/20110413/281822870344179
Photo Credit
Poverty Cove Theatre
