Filmed remotely,
The Man at the Bottom of The Garden sees Jess video calling to check in on her parents.
Clare Calbraith in The Man at the Bottom of The Garden.
- Credit: Hidden Door Productions
She is greeted by her mum, Marji, who informs her that dad, Joe, is in isolation at the bottom of the garden.
He’s displaying symptoms of COVID-19.
However, without giving too much away, not everything is as it seems.
Clare Calbraith and Paul Bradley in a still from The Man at the Bottom of The Garden.
- Credit: Hidden Door Productions
Bolton-based writer and director Paul Blinkhorn said: The past year has been a difficult one for many and our ambition has been to make a short that offers audiences some comic relief and a brief respite from the stresses and strains of lockdown living.
by David Prior
A cast of 45 Manchester-based women star in a new short film, backed by Creative England, that seeks to raise awareness of domestic abuse.
Written by playwright Jayne Marshall and directed by Paul Blinkhorn, Hand To Hand Combat launched on YouTube today.
It was originally performed as a play at the Royal Exchange Theatre and aired on BBC Radio Manchester, and was a winner of the Manchester Monologues competition.
Blinkhorn has received training from Creative England via the Ideate Manchester programme.
He and Marshall said: “if just one person is able to find comfort and safety from the film then we will have achieved our goal.”