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Part Of The Family…
Stowaway
Washington Arts Centre
Friday 11th
March 2016
Analogue Theatre’s
Stowaway is both uncompromising and unsentimental exploration of two different
worlds. One in which there is some help and support if your circumstances need
it. The other is where economic migration is necessary for survival.
Andy Fielding
(Steven Rae) is a tradesman who has been recently made unemployed. He decides to pop along to B&Q to pick up
some paint in order to decorate his daughter’s bedroom. When he crosses the DIY
store’s car park, an aeroplane, preparing to land, flies overhead, a body lands
in front of him. The blood splattered remains of young Aditya (Devesh Kishore)
haunt him. Why did he fall through the sky? What were the authorities going to
do about it? Will has wife Debbie (Balvinder Sopal) understand? On that flight
was writer Lisa (Hannah Donaldson) who decides to investigate why a body fell
out of the plane.
Hannah Barker and
Lewis Hetherington have written and directed a play that explores both the
effects on the British people who were traumatised by what they saw and goes
back to explore the origins of the incident. It hacks away at the headlines in
the tabloid media and asks why someone would feel a need to move away from
their loved ones and support network. Why would someone feel the need to travel
across the world to find work?
There is no
interval, no artificial pause in the action. A few recent productions have done
this rather than stretch the show over 2 hours and this is to be applauded. The
sound design, by Philip Pinsky, adds news reports and phone calls to help
narrate the action without overloading the exposition.
This is an emotive
play. The pregnant pause once the action finished whilst everyone reflected on
the situation was telling. The vibrant show leaves more questions than it
answers about society. Worth checking out.
This
review was written by Stephen Oliver for Jowheretogo PR (www.jowheretogo.com).
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Read
the North East Theatre Guide preview: http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/preview-stowaway-on-tour-across-north.html
On The Web:
Website: www.analoguetheatre.co.uk
Twitter: @analogue_ #stowaway
Tickets:
The tour continues:
Tickets:
The tour continues:
Seaton Delaval Arts
Centre - Sat 12 Mar, 7.30pm
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