I’ll Take You to Mrs Cole!

A Complicité Associates and Polka Theatre co-production
WORLD PREMIERE

The energy of a gig with powerful storytelling and exquisite animation.

It’s 1981 and ska music pulses. Young Ashley creates havoc by getting lost in a wild, imaginative world while Mum longs to return home to Barbados. When Jedi battles and forest adventures go too far, will Mum resort to the scariest threat of all? Accompanied by an original soundtrack, this is a funny, anarchic show for children and a nostalgic trip for adults.

A story of cultural differences, fear of the unknown and the power of a child’s imagination.

#CompliciteMrsCole

Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Pleasance Theatre), 31 July – 26 August 

Click here to book via the Pleasance Theatre website

Please note: This production is not taking place at Polka Theatre, click here for information about our redevelopment 

Creative Team

Adapted and Directed by Catherine Alexander
Based on the book by Nigel Gray and Michael Foreman
Devised by the Company
Designed by Jemima Robinson
Sound Design by Benjamin Grant
Lighting Design by Jai Morjaria
Video Design by Hayley Egan
Animation by Amber Cooper-Davies
Production Manager  David Duffy

Cast

Barry Fitzgerald
Mae Munuo
Diana Yekinni

Reviews

★★★★ “is a visual & musical delight for the ears & eyes”   The List Magazine 

★★★★ “a skankilicious soundtrack & a lot of fun”   What’s On Stage

★★★★ “I’ll Take You To Mrs Cole! is an 80’s paradise” Voice Magazine 

Audience Responses

#CompliciteMrsCole from @Complicite and @polkatheatre brought a smile to my face today with a foot-tapping ska soundtrack at @ThePleasance #EdFringe19

Great time at #edinburghfringe2019 with @Complicite and #ComplicitemrsCole an excellent show with talented actors about #Windrush, race & Britain in the 80s #edinburgh at its best #edfringe2019

DON’T WASTE ANY MOTE TIME! GO AND WATCH I’LL TAKE YOU TO MRS COLE! I am wholeheartedly going to dance down the streets of Edinburgh! What a smashing show #CompliciteMrsCole