Testament of Yootha at The Edge

Name: Testament of Yootha at The Edge
Start: 2022-03-10T19:30:00
End: 2022-03-10T20:35:00
Location: The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre

Creative Tourist Last Updated 1 March 2022

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Testament of Yootha

The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre, Chorlton

10 March 2022

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Examining the life of glamorous sitcom legend Yootha Joyce, performer and writer Caroline Burns Cooke brings her third show, Testament of Yootha, to The Edge as part of the venue’s Spring Season.

Taking audiences on an insightful journey through Yootha’s life: her inauspicious birth on Wandsworth Common, her fantastic theatrical and sitcom career, and her struggle with alcoholism and tragic death at the age of 53.

Yootha was perhaps best known for playing Mildred opposite Brian Murphy in the sitcom Man About the House. She also starred in its spin-off show, George and Mildred.

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