Plays

I’ve Got To Escape (A Play By Kelvin Rush)

The story is based on the musical: Escaping The Musical By Kelvin Rush. The play is set in December 2019, and is based around the Butterworth Care Home for the elderly, situated in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. We follow the lives of three main characters: Morag and Betty (residents), and Bernie (staff nurse). When Morag and Betty meet for the first time, they strike up a friendship. But that soon changes, when Betty reveals a painful event from her past, involving Morag’s late husband Stanley. Morag is left angry and confused. But when Stanley visits her in a dream, things start to become a lot clearer. Morag and Betty sneak out of the care home to visit Stanley’s grave, on his birthday. But they get more than they bargained for, when Stanley and some of his deceased friends in the cemetery, decide to have a birthday party, and Morag and Betty are most definitely welcome.

All the residents love staff nurse Bernie. She’s very kind and helpful to the residents, and fellow staff members. However, her own life is far from happy. Lurking in the background is her violent, abusive husband Ralph. Bernie has left him and wants a divorce, but Ralph has other ideas, and he’ll do anything to get Bernie back. One night, while fuelled with drink and drugs, he breaks into the care home, and confronts Bernie with a knife. There’s a dramatic turn of events, when Ralph starts to attack Bernie, stabbing her in the process. Colonel Bob and Cyril, two of the residents, come to Bernie’s rescue. Everyone is on edge, as they desperately try to save Bernie’s life.

I’ve Got To Escape is available in Paperback and Download:
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Kelvin Rush is known for his work as a playwright, songwriter, poet and author, with credits and published works spanning books, theatre, poetry, songs and music. He’s written numerous books, songs, and stage musicals, and has published over 1,000 poems, many of which are compiled in his book Birth Slave Die.

The Brutal Car Park Murder (A Play By Kelvin Rush)

The story is based on the book: A Letter For Hilda By Kelvin Rush. The play is set in July 1976. Eric had been keeping a dark secret from his wife Hilda for over twenty years. When he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he decided to get it all off his chest and come clean. He wrote Hilda a letter, but insisted it shouldn’t be opened until the third anniversary of his death. The contents of the letter would leave Hilda in a state of shock and bewilderment.

Eric was convinced he’d witnessed a murder. Two local men got into a brutal fight in the Horse and Dragon car park, and one of the men hadn’t been seen since. There were lots of rumours flying around, and although an arrest was made, the suspect was released without charge. Eric was desperate to solve the mystery and asked Hilda, and grandson Robbie, for their help. Unfortunately Eric died without ever knowing the truth. Then mysteriously, Hilda also died. It was then left to Robbie to see if he could solve the brutal car park murder, once and for all.

Every year on July 16^th at midnight, the ghost of Ivy Fletcher would jump off the top of Keppel’s Column and then disappear into thin air, just before she hit the ground. 9-year-old Ivy had been murdered on July 17^th1934. She’d been sexually assaulted and strangled, and her half-naked body had been dumped at the side of the Column. No one was ever charged with her murder, but most of the locals had their suspicions, and one name in particular was on everyone’s lips.

The Brutal Car Park Murder is available in Paperback and Download:
UK: Amazon.co.uk
USA: Amazon.com