Comedy of the Week

Alison Spittle: Petty Please


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Comedian Alison Spittle explores some of her longest and deepest held grudges. The kind of thing most people would be ashamed to still be thinking about 30 minutes later, let alone contemplating exacting retribution decades on.

Studies show that the role you play in the school nativity can affect your life. And Alison is taking those studies very seriously. She was once cast as Mary - big gig - but forced to drop out after the director said she lacked focus. 30 years on, it's still something she thinks about. Can Natalie Cassidy help Alison get closure?

Written by Alison Spittle & Simon Mulholland

With Ian Smith and Natalie Cassidy
Script Edited by Joel Morris
Produced by Lyndsay Fenner

A Mighty Bunny Production for BBC Radio 4

About Alison:

Alison Spittle is an award-winning screenwriter, actress and comedian.

She is the creator, writer and star of the TV series Nowhere Fast which aired on RTE2 to critical acclaim in 2017. Her play Starlet premiered to great acclaim at the Dublin Fringe Festival, garnering 5 stars from The Sunday Times. She can also be heard on The Guilty Feminist and BBC Radio 4’s Wheel of Misfortune.

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