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AWOL

AWOL

Presented by Ribbit Republic Theatre / Weeping Spoon Productions and STATE OF PLAY

AWOL - Two old men escape from a care home and go to a metal festival. 

Cyril doesn't like old people, which is a shame, because he is one. When he learns his estranged granddaughter, Lily, has her big break with her thrash metal band, Abscess, he and his friend Neville are determined to show up and support her. Neither of them will ever be the same again.

A new co-production between award-winning Canadian Theatre Company RibbitRePublic (InescapableHow I Met My Mother) and Fringe World award-winning local's Weeping Spoon Productions (VehicleThe Ballad Of Frank AllenCaption Spaceship)

★★★★★"COMIC GOLD" - Edmonton Journal
"HILARIOUS." - Winnipeg Free Press
"SCREAMINGLY FUNNY." - UMFM
"DELIGHTFUL." - Orlando Sentinel

Written by Rob Gee
Directed by Ryan Gladstone
Featuring Jonathon Paterson & Shane Adamczak