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Winner:<\/strong> OffWestEnd.com’s OffFEST Award for Theatre, Brighton Fringe 2022 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“…on the surface about a bizarre record attempt, underneath an indictment of society’s attitude to the little people.”\u00a0– Chris Neville-Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Foundry Group\u2019s new play crackles with sharp one-liners….subtly layered\u00a0with universal themes of love and loss. Highly Recommended.”\u00a0–\u00a0FringeReview<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Enchanting comedy….the writers captured perfectly the absurdism of the piece….clever and endearing.”\u00a0–\u00a0<\/em>GScene.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When they’re in a hole, some people start digging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an overlooked pub in a left-behind town, an unlikely hero and his would-be agent plot to put themselves on the map via an insane World Record attempt – the longest time buried alive. That’s five months in an oversized coffin, under a tiny beer garden in the middle of Mansfield. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A true and often hilarious tale of courage, endurance, hope, despair, love, lies and media manipulation by Argus Angel<\/strong> winners Brian Mitchell<\/strong> (The Ministry of Biscuits) and Joseph Nixon<\/strong> (co-writer of West-End sell-out smash The Shark is Broken<\/strong>). Previous collaborations include Edinburgh hits Those Magnificent Men<\/strong> and the multi-award-winning Big Daddy Vs. Giant Haystacks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Emma Wingrove<\/strong> (Sweethearts & The Hooligan) and Murray Simon<\/strong> (The Ministry of Biscuits, Lord God). Set design by Duncan Henderson<\/strong> (The Shark is Broken)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world premiere of Underdogs took place at Brighton’s Rialto Theatre<\/strong><\/a> as part of Brighton Fringe, 24th-28th May 2022; as well as winning the OffFEST award, it as also included in theatre blogger Chris Neville-Smith’s coveted Pick of The Fringe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Winner: OffWestEnd.com’s OffFEST Award for Theatre, Brighton Fringe 2022 “…on the surface about a bizarre record attempt, underneath an indictment of society’s attitude to the little people.”\u00a0– Chris Neville-Smith “The Foundry Group\u2019s new play crackles with sharp one-liners….subtly layered\u00a0with universal themes of love and loss. Highly Recommended.”\u00a0–\u00a0FringeReview “Enchanting comedy….the writers captured perfectly the absurdism of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundrygroup.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundrygroup.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundrygroup.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundrygroup.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundrygroup.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3459"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundrygroup.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3518,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundrygroup.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3459\/revisions\/3518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundrygroup.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}