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Old Herbaceous
by Reginald Arkell, adapted by Alfred Shaughnessy
It's not often that you find a play which gives you gardening tips and cookery suggestions! This one-man show about Bert, the head gardener at a country house, has entranced audiences all around the country. It was a much-loved part of Mull Little Theatre’s summer seasons in 1985 and 1987, and we welcome its return for the final year at the old theatre.
As Bert potters around his plant pots and gardening tools, he relates tales of his life as a gardener, completely drawing us in to his special world and treating us as garden party guests who are nosing in on his greenhouse.
This new production will feature the same actor who appeared in the 80s, Robert Paterson, now much more of a hardy perennial and just the right age for his role as the elderly gardener!
