“It Ain’t
Very Comfortable Mr Gove”
Too Much, Too Young
Washington
Arts Centre
3 July 2014.
Written &
Performed by Jack Bennett
Artistic support
Chris Thorpe and Daniel Bye
Produced by ARC,
Stockton
Everyone had to
make decisions at school. Some of those decisions still affect us in adult life.
So why do impulsive teenagers get told to make important decisions such as GCSE
choices whilst struggling with the mental battles that come with puberty? Jack
Bennett too had a run in with his geography teacher: Keep going to those Band
Practices that Mr Cope ran or rehearse for a non-speaking part in a local
play.
Too Much, Too Young is a one man show about education and all
that’s wrong with it. The show starts
with a combination of some modern teaching pedagogy as the audience is told the
show will be visual, auditory and kinaesthetic. To make a point the handy
torches that were distributed at the start are used to make a memory of a
stranger sat nearby.
The show explores
the reasons behind why education is in the state it is from the 1880s when it
was first made compulsory, through the Butler Act of the 1940s, New Labour and
the current direction under Michael Gove. The trouble with education is that it
is preparing kids for a future that is very uncertain. Whether it is driverless
cars or nanobots being inserted in our brains to enable to play games or live
in a virtual world – we simply don’t know what the future holds for our
kids. Essentially the questions need to
be “who is education for & is it fit for that purpose?”
Jack Bennett
engages the audience with torches, Twister and an array of mini-whiteboards.
His passion for an education that never ends effervesces across. This is
another engaging play at the Arts Centre that makes you think & question
your reality. Just like 2012s “Best In The World” the show is well worth seeing for that very reason.
This review was written by Stephen Oliver for Jowheretogo PR. Follow Jo on twitter @jowheretogo, Stephen @panic_c_button or like Jowheretogo on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Jowheretogo
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Website: www.jackbennett.co.uk
Tour dates:
2nd July 7pm ARC, Stockton
3rd July 7.30pm
Arts Centre Washington
6th July 5pm The HUB, Leeds
8th July 7.30pm
Camden People's Theatre, London
9th July 7.30pm Camden People's Theatre, London
11th July 8pm The Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Spring 2015 UK Tour
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