The Wire: That I Should Rise

That I Should Rise, by AL Kennedy. Darkly comic drama exploring the faltering process of recovery from alcohol dependency. Tim McInnerny plays Simon, a self-destructive drinking father and husband, office worker and pub musician, who befriends his mentor on an alcohol recovery programme. The play is accompanied by an R’n’B soundtrack. Tim McInnerny (Simon), Harriet Walter (Jean), Lia Williams (Paula), Olly Bell (Philip), Susanna Dye (Dawn), Pameli Benham (Assistant in charity shop), Maria Askew (Julie/Girl in Nightclub), Alun Raglan (Lenny), director Mark Smalley.

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