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Ugly Chief archiveMike Melody (TV antique dealer celebrity) was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Victoria was put in charge of planning the funeral her Dad would want - complete with eulogies, a congregation dressed in tangerine Blackpool FC colours and a New Orleans jazz procession. A year later the doctors realised they had misdiagnosed Mike. But they are going ahead with the funeral anyway... To make this show Victoria trained to be a funeral director. Using those experiences and a huge amount of research Ugly Chief looks at the British Funeral Industry and how we deal with death in modern society. Ugly Chief is a comedy based on true events performed by a genuine father and daughter. It's a eulogy for a living soul. It explores the taboos around death and its practicalities, and the fractious relationship with a parent whose opinions you don't always agree with.

Cast/Performers

Victoria Melody, Mike Melody

Creatives/Company

Author: Victoria Melody
Producer: Farnham Maltings

Ugly Chief

Ugly Chief (Play) production archive for QTIX code T847471119. Details of all Ugly Chief archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S1297659193

Archive Listings

31 Oct 17
  to
18 Nov 17
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre)
Inner London, Greater London
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22 Jun 17South Street Arts Centre
Reading, Berkshire
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20 Jun 17Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
Brighton, East Sussex
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6 Jun 17Warwick Arts Centre
Coventry, West Midlands
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3 Jun 17New Wolsey Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
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