The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return is a play firmly set in Luton and follows 2 friends Voice and Lewis over one night as they get ready for a house party, the highlight of the 16 year old friends week. It weaves in stories of neglect, class and violence as we meet a multitude of people
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I loved supporting emerging talent so when I was invited to Southwark Playhouses’ production of The Trials, staged by their youth ensemble I jumped at the chance. The play itself by Dawn King is set an an indeterminate point in the not too distant future where young people are sat as a jury of the older generation or ‘dionos’ as
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A poignant portrayal of love, marriage, sexuality, growing old and finding yourself. Heaven hits all the right notes, asking what really is the meaning of it all. Presented in the intimate Southwark Playhouse, Mairead and Mal narrate a day in their life, after twenty years of marriage returning to the Irish village where it all began for a family wedding
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Fun at The Beach Romp-Bomp-A-Lomp is billed as a cross between Grease and Squid Games and as a big fan of both I was looking forward to what I hoped would be a goofy, evening full of parody. The show, written by Martin Landry with music and lyrics by Brandon Lambert, is a set on the beach where our 6
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You Stupid Darkness by Sam Steiner is set in Brightline’s office where Frances, Jon, Anglie and Joey attend each Tuesday night to answer calls from those needing someone to talk to. They emerge into the office from a world that requires gas masks and where bridges are collapsing, although why is never fully revealed to the audience. Whilst the whole
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COPS is a play about 5 cops of all different races, ages and backgrounds. Promising ‘razor sharp dialogue’ and a character driven blend of comedy and drama, I entered the Southwark Playhouse with high hopes. The opening is fairly lacklustre, and in general the whole play was lacking in content. The hard-hitting moments delivered really very well, but the comedy
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Dogfight tells of 3 friends, Birdlace, Boland and Bernstein the night before they are due to ship out to Vietnam. They are holding a ‘dogfight’ a competition where the marine that brings the ugliest woman wins the cash prize. Birdlace needs a date to this dance and meets Rose working in a diner however after she accepts his invitation there
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The British Theatre Academy have kicked off their summer season and within it is My Son Pinocchio Jr. This youth production tells of Geppetto’s wish to turn Pinocchio into his son and how sometimes wishes aren’t always what they seem. The show is beautifully produced and directed, aimed at families and it had a real whimsical feel to it. There were
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Fiver is the latest new British Musical to hit the Southwark Playhouse. It s a clever concept which follows the journey of a £5 note, from a buskers hat to a newsagents til and from a school boys pocket to a collection pot at a baby shower. The concept itself worked brilliantly, it enabled the show to have multiple characters
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a new musical based on the book by F Scott Fitzgerald but made famous by the Brad Pitt movie. This adaptation however is miles away from the Hollywood movie, literally, it is set is Cornwall in, as the producer puts it, ‘A world where folklore and reality intertwine so seamlessly.’ The story is
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