Fringe Hit LETTERS TO WINDSOR HOUSE to Head Out on UK Tour This Spring

Letters to Windsor House (no, not that one) is the latest show from multi award winning duo Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole, aka Sh!t Theatre.

The Fringe First winning/Total Theatre award nominated show takes a typically idiosyncratic, personal and very human look at the housing crisis in the capital and beyond and succeeds in making a song and dance about the state of the nation and 'generation rent'.

Following its sold out season at London's Soho Theatre the show is undertaking an extensive tour.

Combining a highly entertaining blend of comedy, theatre, song, performance art and investigative journalism with dancing red cardboard post boxes, Letters to Windsor is a totally fun show, that nevertheless makes important points about the nation's housing crisis, the desperation and inequalities it creates and above all the utter unfairness of it all.

Sitting in their rented council flat in Windsor House, staring at a growing pile of unopened letters to previous tenants, Sh!t Theatre's Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit became curious about the history of the flat and its previous occupants.

A loophole in the Postal Services Act says you can open other people's mail ... under certain circumstances. Rebecca and Louise decided that this was that certain circumstance and giving in to temptation opened the Pandora's box...

Their detective work revealed a legacy of dodgy landlords, a frightening case study of how compound interest on minor unpaid charges can become thousands of pounds of debt and a revelation about their own tenancy status that ultimately affected their friendship. This being an inner London Borough, gentrification is never far away. A smooth estate agent shows Louise and Rebecca around a new build show flat aimed at buy to let investors, assuring them that residents of this new world are more than adequately protected from the tenants of Windsor House...

Rebecca Biscuit said 'we've lived and worked together in Windsor House for five years, watching as London and our friendship changed'. Louise added 'as soon as we started opening the mail that had been tumbling through our door, making guesses at the stories of the various tenants, we knew we had to take the investigation as far as we could'.

Letters To Windsor House was a huge sell out hit at the Edinburgh Fringe winning a coveted Fringe First Award to add to their Total Theatre Award, Arches Brick Award and Three Weeks Editors Award along with their nominations for the Amnesty Freedom of Expression and Carol Tambor Awards and a further Total Theatre nomination.

Sh!t Theatre have built an impressive body of work including Guinea Pigs on Trial and Women's Hour (top 5 best plays to see in Edinburgh - Daily Telegraph). They have been told many times by theatre professionals to change their name. Visit www.shittheatre.co.uk for more information.

Watch a trailer for the show below!

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IF YOU GO:

Letters to Windsor House - Sh!t Theatre

The housing crisis gets personal in the multi-award winning company's new show for 'Generation Rent' featuring music, song, politics, dodgy landlords and detective work.

15 March 7.45pm

Aldershot, West End Centre Queens Road, Aldershot GH11 3JD

£12 (£10 concs), 01252 330040 www.westendcentre.co.uk

21, 22, 23, 24, 25 March 8pm, March 2pm & 8pm

Bristol, The Wardobe Theatre The Old Market Assembly, 25 West Street, Bristol BS2 0DF

£8, 01179 020344 www.thewardrobetheatre.com

31 March, 1 April 8pm

Nottingham Playhouse, Wellington Circus, Nottingham NG1 5AF

£10 (£8 concs), 0115 941 9419 www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk

19, 21 April 7.45pm 20 April 7pm, 9pm

Manchester, Home Tony Wilson Place, 2 First St, Manchester M15 4FN

£12.50 (£10 concs), 0161 200 2015 www.homemcr.org

22 April 8pm

Derby Theatre 15 Theatre Walk, Derby DE1 2NF

£10 (£8 concs), 01332 593939 www.derbytheatre.co.uk

27 April 8pm

Norwich Arts Centre St Benedicts Street, Norwich NR2 4PG

£pay what you can, 01603 660352 www.norwichartscentre.co.uk ?

3 May 7.45pm

Newcastle, Northern Stage Barras Bridge, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RH

£10 (£8 concs), 0191 230 5151 www.northernstage.co.uk

25 May time 7.30pm

Colchester, Lakeside Theatre University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ

£6 - £13, 01206 873261 www.lakesidetheatre.org.uk

22 June 8pm

Harlow Playhouse Playhouse Square Harlow Essex CM20 1LS

£pay what you can 01279 431945 www.harlowplayhouse.co.uk

Letters to Windsor House was commissioned by Harlow Playhouse and Supported by Camden People's Theatre. It is produced by Show And Tell (www.showandtelluk.com).

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