A show about family breakups, trying to make things better, learning car maintenance and choosing the right shade of lipstick to do it is heading to Norwich’s The Garage next week.
Fixing, co-created by Matt Miller and Peader Kirk and performed by Miller, will be performed at the city centre venue on Thursday 13 November.
The story tells how when Matt was little, their dad bought a classic a 1952 Sunbeam Talbot Mark II car with a plan to rebuild it together – but his parents’ divorce got in the way. Now way in their 30’s, Matt would like to learn how to fix a car engine, and understand what happened to his family.
Helped his drag alter-ego Natalie Spanner, he explores maintenance, care and repair – of the engine, and of each other
The show’s creators say that at a time when connections in the world seem to be breaking down more than ever, Fixing seeks to initiate conversations around care, nurture, rupture and recovery and invites audiences to consider what maintenance means to them in the context of personal relationships.
Fixing, which premiered last year at Newcastle’s Alphabetti Theatre, is Miller and Kirk’s third full length and their first foray into the world of drag.
- To book for the Norwich date of Fixing, visit: www.thegarage.org.uk/shows/fixing
