Art will imitate political life at a Macclesfield theatre this week, with a new play premiering tonight.

Feed the Beast will have a six day run at MADS Little Theatre, and follows a fictionalised drama of life at 10 Downing Street.

When award-winning writer Steve Thompson first brought his play to theatres in 2015, David Cameron's Conservative Party had just regained power with a majority government. 

Since then the media has kept politicians and party politics, front and centre on our screens. MADS theatre company brings it all to life on the Macclesfield stage with performances from Monday 25th – 30th April at the Lord Street theatre.  

'Feed the Best' is a comical drama which takes to the stage tonight, until the weekend.

Tony Blair was quoted as saying: "Today's media is like a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits"; and that is just what MADS' brings to the stage, in this witty, fast-paced production. 

The spotlight on politics never dims, and many of the themes within 'Feed the Beast' will resonate with the audience as they imitate today's political ups and downs, seen through the eyes of the media.

Local actor Pete Munro never leaves the stage, in his excellent portrayal of the play's Prime Minister Michael Goodlad.

The new PM is ostensibly a good guy, but the die is cast with an early demand to Scott the new Press Secretary (Andy Cantill), setting 'The Beast' in motion.

The play is directed by Luke Oldham, who you may know from his involvement in the recent Macclesfield-penned play Bysmal Boys.

The PM has a difficult decsion to make; feed the beast or not!

Oldham has assembled a strong cast of local actors, to play out this political satire, many of whom play multiple character roles.

Macclesfield's Member of Parliament, David Rutley will be attending one of the performances. 

Our town's MP of 12 years will no doubt be reporting back on how accurate the representation is to life in Westminster, but as an evening's entertainment it's a vote winner. 

Tickets for all performances until Saturday April 30 are available. 

Each night's event starts at 7:35pm. Prices start from just £8 .

Macclesfield: Get your tickets here.  

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