Life, love, loyalty and lipstick - it's Desperate Scousewives
Benidorm and I’m a Celebrity star Crissy Rock heads the fabulous all-female cast of the hilarious hit stage comedy Desperate Scousewives, which comes to Peterborough next month.
Desperate Scousewives is an acclaimed series of four plays, each told from the perspective of one of its quartet of vibrant characters. In Desperate Scousewives: Lily’s Story (Key Theatre, June 6), get ready for a riotous, fast-paced comedy following the lives of three, no-nonsense Liverpool women and one nervous newcomer, all navigating life, love, loyalty and lipstick on a tightly knit street.
Susan, Vanessa and Lily dominate the street with their big personalities, big voices and even bigger secrets. But everything is turned upside down with the arrival of Trisha, a single mum from Manchester, thrown into the lion’s den of long-established friendships and fierce loyalty.
Crissy Rock is Lily. Best known as one of the stars of ITV’s hit series Benidorm, and a multi-award winner, Crissy is hailed by fans as one of the most outstanding and outrageous stand-up comedians of her generation. From her hilarious routines directed at useless partners (well, men in general) to her journey through the onset of middle age, Crissy’s non-stop blasts of comedy brilliance hit the right note every time.
Lynne Fitzgerald plays Susan. Lynne is a celebrated Liverpool actress, writer and director best-known for creating the hit comedy quartet Desperate Scousewives.
She said: “I’m thrilled to be taking Desperate Scousewives on tour. The plays form a quartet, with each of the characters having their own story, so each show stands alone, yet together they create the full, hilarious world I envisioned.
“When I first wrote the character Lily, I was already a huge fan of Crissy Rock and had been lucky enough to work with her on stage many times over the years. I always wrote Lily with Crissy in mind, so to now have her performing Lily on tour is the pinnacle of my writing career.”