Send More
Paper – North 2014 Production
Northern
Stage 28/3/2014
Performed
and devised by North 2014: Jessica Dawson, Adam Gibson, Hannah Goudie, Lauren
Hurwood, Caroline Liversidge, Robert Nicholson, Luca Rutherford and Jamie
Tansley
Director:
Mark Calvert
Producer:
Kylie Lloyd
Design:
Andrew Stephenson
Lighting
Design: Sam Vivash
It started with the flies
In the
early 20th century some ladies had had enough and so they decided to
take matters into their own hands. As Northern Stage’s next generation of
performers reveal the plot the men start to disappear and the sales of fly
paper goes through the roof.
Susie, we
are told, say “Always do what you want” but by the end of the story things may
have gone too far. As bottles fly all over the stage perhaps the ladies
solution has become a problem in itself.
Last year
the theatre had supported a very talented bunch of recent graduates to produce
‘The Man Who Thought The Moon Would Fall
Out Of The Sky’ which was fantastic so expectations were are for the new crop
to see what they would come up with. It feels like a privilege to witness to
start of so many promising careers. ‘Send
More Paper’ is no exception. The new company has no weak links and the new
production has a mix of the horrific and of light humour. The young cast are
always energetic and engaging. The
clever use of torches adds intimacy to certain scenes. The scenes of violence
are disturbing, yet well acted, and provide a context for what was to follow.
This is a
powerful yet bubbly production that will hopefully be the foundation for each
actors career.
The show
continues at Northern Stage on the 29th March 2014 at 2pm and 7.30pm (www.northernstage.co.uk) before
moving to Queens Hall Hexham 1st April 2014 (www.queenshall.co.uk) and Alnwick
Playhouse 2nd April 2014 (www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk)
Follow the
progress of North on Twitter: @north_ns
Applications
for North 2015 will open in September 2014.
This review
was written by Stephen
Oliver
for Jowheretogo PR (www.jowheretogo.com).
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