The Power of Parker

A brand new comedy co-created by BAFTA Award-winning writers Paul Coleman and Sian Gibson.

Set in Manchester, 1990, the last days of Thatcher, we meet Martin Parker a self-made impresario with the ambition of Alan Sugar and the swagger of Kilroy Silk. A man with a chain of electrical stores bearing his name, he seems to have it all. But the truth is, times are changing. He’s swimming in debt, his complicated private life is catching up with him and he’s starting to lose his power. ‘The Power of Parker’ plots his downfall at the hands of all those he’s screwing over with his lust for money, sex and success. Including wife Diane father-in-law Dougie, mobile hairdresser Kath and Kath’s best mate Gladys. With ’90s big hair and big laughs to match.

“pleasingly sharp dialogue and the odd well-executed sight gag, but it’s more of a simmering sort of suspenseful drama than a comedy boiling over with laughs, and all the better for it – an engaging sort of romp”

THE INDEPENDENT

“it’s fraught, frazzled and full of fun, fretting and forgiveness”

THE TELEGRAPH

“It’s a gently witty world evoking contented smiles more than roaring laughs, as reassuring and comforting as a cheese toastie”

CHORTLE