George and the Drag Queen

George and the Drag Queen By Pipeline Theatre In partnership with Carn to Cove

Maddy has a story to tell: a former St. John Ambulance volunteer, she recollects the strange encounter she once witnessed between George, a fellow volunteer, and Usman, a refugee, at a village summer fete. George and Maddy are a frequent double-act at such events. George - buff, ex military, a fount of old-school, wise-cracking banter (and St. John Ambulance trivia), now close to retirement, and a self-appointed mentor to Maddy - asthmatic, unlucky in love, but with more than enough wit to outsmart George. They make a sweet, if nerdy, team. The fete is what you’d expect: outsized veg, primary school art display, scruffiest dog competition, rosettes, cream teas, bunting. An out-of-time vision of England; a safe harbour, where the roiling seas of division and desperation shouldn’t intrude. Bar the odd wasp sting, George and Maddy are expecting a quiet…