Tally's Blood by Ann Marie Di Mambro
Weds 31st July, 7pm
Green Room, Menzies Hall
Set in Scotland and Italy, 'Tally's Blood' spans the nineteen years from 1936 to 1955 and follows the lives of the Pedreschi family; Italian immigrants who run a café in Glasgow.
(The title refers to both Italian blood and the raspberry sauce poured over ice-cream.)
Lucia can wrap her aunt and uncle around her little finger, cry to order, and she doesn’t like going to school. She likes Hughie though, so much so that they seal their friendship with a secret ceremony in the storeroom of her family’s ‘Tally’ shop – aided by an illicit bottle of ‘ginger’.
Auntie Rosinella loves Lucia like all the children she never had, but will anyone – particularly a ‘Scotch’ boy – ever be good enough for the girl she loves ‘best in the whole wide world’’?
As their childhood camaraderie blossoms into romance, Lucia and Hughie face more challenges than their countries taking opposing sides in the Second World War.
We had a great turnout for the last play evening (The Fairmer Wants a Wife) and a good giggle as well! Everyone gets a turn reading and this is the best way for us to gauge whether plays might be suitable for the club to perform at some point.
There are 7 characters in Tally's Blood and we'd like as many different voices as possible bringing them to life. Please email Margo - readings@fintrydrama.org.uk -if you'd like to come.
And if you want to find out more about the play, check out BBC Bitesize (National 5 level).
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