Following the success of its world première at Manchester’s 24:7 Theatre Festival, My Arms embarks on a tour of the North this January. Reuniting director Adam Quayle (Picture a City at Liverpool Everyman’s Everyword Festival) and playwright James Leach (an Associate Playwright on Bolton Octagon’s Incubate scheme), Box of Tricks brings this critically-acclaimed play to venues including Liverpool’s Lantern Theatre.

Told in reverse order, My Arms is a compelling new one-hour drama about a couple in crisis after a tragic event that changes their lives forever. The play is a fascinating examination of human relationships inspired by stories of the wives of men who go to prison. When Colin arrives home with fish and chips, will wife Helen be able to give him a second chance?

After six years in the capital, new writing company Box of Tricks bucked the trend and relocated to the North West from London in February last year. Since then, the company has demonstrated a commitment to the new writing theatre scene in the North and looks forward to touring new work and forging new audiences in the region. As Mancunian Adam Quayle, Joint Artistic Director of the company, has said, “My Arms is a fantastic new play. I’m proud to play a part in bringing the piece from page to stage and delighted this Northern story will have a future life playing to audiences in the North West and Yorkshire.”

Tickets for My Arms are available from The Lantern Theatre on 0151 7030000 or via the internet on www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk . Tickets are priced at £8 with concessions available at £6. Performance time is 7.30pm.

Ian D. Hall