Under the Bed

by Brendan Murray

Mo and Jo are trying to sleep. But…. there’s something under the bed. With help from their friend Hot Water Bottle, Mo and Jo travel to the glaciers of the Arctic and to the sands of a beach paradise, in search of shut eye.

$12.00

Quick Details

  • Type: Play
  • Estimated Run Time: 60 minutes | Can be cut for competition
  • Availability: Available for productions in North America
  • Cast Size: 7 roles | Doubling possible for a cast of 4

Full Details

Roles:

  • Mo, younger sister
  • Jo, older brother
  • Hot Water Bottle
  • Penguin
  • Monkey
  • Mom
  • Dave

Brendan Murray

Brendan is one of the UK’s leading playwrights for new audiences. In a career of over forty years he’s written for most of the UK’s major TYA  companies and his plays have been produced throughout the world, winning both of the UK’s premier awards for TYA  on more than one occasion. You can find details of these, press reviews, his work as a director & teacher, and of all his plays atwww.brendanmurray.co.uk


Originally produced by Theatre Centre, UK, in 1997

*Nominated for the Writers Guild of Great Britain Award in 2008*

Photos of production at Concordia University

Photos of production at Concordia University

Photos of production at Concordia University

Reviews

“

This quirky show, with its tangential departures into lunacy, has a sweet and sensible resolution with a disarming feel-good factor.

- Time Out, UK
“

A fresh, nicely-pitched show that deals quite subtly with children’s fears large and small.

- Financial Times, UK