A NEW theatre show, My Car Plays Tapes is being performed locally by writer John Osborne about getting older, minimum wage jobs, driving a car that is about to be scrapped and being reunited with your old cassette collection.

The show was written before the pandemic, but has captured something incredibly current. It’s about having a minimum wage job and battling with creativity, and this is something increasingly relatable to audiences. John is a popular figure at theatres and arts centres across the country, having toured extensively since 2011. He has had written and performed storytelling shows for BBC Radio 4 and is a regular at music and literature festivals, including performing at fourteen Latitude festivals.

The performance is subsidised by Arts Alive, a charity dedicated to bringing high quality arts and cultural experiences to rural communities across Herefordshire. 'My Car Plays Tapes' is being staged at Linton Village Hall this Friday, October 3 at 7.30pm.

The funding from Arts Alive means that local audiences can access high quality professional events on their doorstep, with the added bonus of low travel costs and supporting the activities of the local community.

John Osborne writes for television, theatre and radio. His first show John Peel’s Shed received five-star reviews

My Car Plays Tapes first debuted at the Edinburgh fringe in 2021, receiving positive reviews for both the in-person and online versions of the show.

It went on to be performed at Latitude Festival, Machynlleth Comedy Festival and venues including Norwich Arts Centre and Cambridge Junction.

The play is told with colourful attention to detail, the end result is a subtle, moving look at getting older, connections, what being happy means, our place in the world and what we do with nostalgia and memory, that has a quiet profundity to it.

Email [email protected] for tickets.