Name: Nana Funk: Tough Old Bird
Start: 2024-10-05T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-05T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Thatto Heath Road,Saint Helens,WA10 3QX,GB

Discover the joys of aging disgracefully when Nana Funk brings her iconic Nanarchy to Thatto Heath Library!
Ageing well doesn’t mean behaving yourself. Just ask Nana Funk, the great-greatgrandmother of good times and star of Tough Old Bird, a heartfelt musical journey exploring real life events which is heading to Thatto Heath Library on the 5th October.
This funny, life-affirming show skewers society’s view of older women, asking big questions like: why do adverts insist we should “defy the effects of ageing”? Who decides what is “acceptable behaviour”? What happens when you become invisible? And where’s the blummin' instruction manual?
Show creator Angie Waller has been entertaining audiences as Nana Funk since 2013. In Tough Old Bird, she stars alongside Claire Jones as Val. Claire also composed the music for this unique experience that combines song, script and clowning to captivating and comedic affect.
The performance will be followed a week later with a discussion group led by Nana Funk/Tough Old Bird creator, Angie Waller and Val/Composer, Claire Jones. The themes and ideas discussed in the group will be taken away by Angie and Claire, who will in turn write a song unique to this group and shared at a later date.