Timeline
2006 – Premieres at Sudio Salford. Nominated for 5 Salford Fringe Awards. Wins Best Set Design
2006 – Excerpts broadast on BBC Radio Manchester
2007 – Sell-out run at The Lowry
2007 - Toured to Buxton Fringe Festival. Nominated for 3 Buxton Fringe Awards, wins Popular Choice Award.
2007 - Toured to Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
2008 - Toured to Dublin Gay Theatre Festival.
2008 - Sell-out run at The Lowry.
2009 - Courtyard Theatre, Hereford
Yesterday, When I Was Young
By Adam Zane
Directed by Adam Zane
Salford Fringe Award Winner
Best Set Design
Buxton Fringe Award Winner
Popular Choice Award
This outrageous true story is based on interviews with the legendary Josie Pickering as she looks back on her remarkable life. From the backstreets of Salford to the glittering dance-floors of seventies Canal Street, we follow Josie as she escapes her marriage and discovers the twilight world of Manchester’s gay village. With her friend Brenda in tow, Josie transforms herself into a whip-cracking mistress of the night and enters the world of whips, slaves and a little bit of cling-film...
Press Quotes:
‘Inspirational...Laugh out loud comedy’
Pink Paper
‘A powerful piece of theatre...very entertaining stuff...’
The Scotsman
‘Whips up a storm...lots of laughs and a few tears...a funny and moving examination of one woman’s extraordinary life’
Manchester Evening News
‘Superbly written and directed with outstanding flair’
Outnorthwest