THE Flowerpot Women is a short and sweet two-hander by Liverpool-based performers (and lifelong friends) Dora Colquhoun and Izzy Major.
They play Eddie and Garland, two women stuck in a rut, with life and each other. Familiarity has bred darkly comic contempt for the pair, but when Eddie decides to make a break for new horizons, their relationship is put to the test.
Cute, curious and quintessentially English, there are songs, too, from musical collaborator Jonathan McGuire; the resulting vibe is something akin to Betty Blue Eyes meets Bottom. Filmed outdoors in a private garden, it’s a cheap and cheerful testament to how theatre has continued to look for new ways to keep going through the pandemic. And it’s quite evocative, the way the viewer stumbles upon these strange characters and into their world for a gently absurd distraction from real life.
This specially-recorded version of their 35 minute show is streaming on At Yours this weekend.
