Road
By JIM CARTWRIGHT
By turns achingly poignant and gleefully satirical
16-19 April 2008
Voted “36th best play of the 20th century” in a poll by the National Theatre, Jim Cartwright’s Road weaves a path through the lives of ordinary working class Lancastrians enduring the dark days of Thatcherism.
As darkly comic as they are desperate, Scullery, local stud-about-town, and his fellow inhabitants of the Road drink, fight and fornicate their way through a wild Saturday night, taking us on journeys that are by turns achingly poignant and gleefully satirical.
CAST
PROFESSOR / FATHER’S VOICE | Bernie Doogan
CLARE / CHANTAL / LINDA | Catherine Rodgers
VALERIE / LANE | Darren Hannant
MARION / SCOTTISH GIRL | Kati Rynne
LOUISE | Kirsty Mann
BRENDA / MRS BALD | Maggie Robson
CAROL | Milanka Brooks
JOEY / EDDIE | Matt Maltravers
BRINK / DRUNK SOLDIER | Matt Oliver
MOLLY | Mel Johnson
SCULLERY | Panny Skrivanos
JERRY / EDDIE'S DAD | Pete Picton
DOR | Rebecca Smith
BLOWPIPE / MANNFRED | Ryan Mathie
BISTO / BARRY | Simon Ibbotson
HELEN / MOTHER’S VOICE | Susan Booth
BROTHER / CURT | Tom Brennan
BRIAN / TOM STANLEY / MR BALD | Will Harrison-Wallace
CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR | Chris de Pury
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Matt Harrison
I thought the staging was excellent.... There are some really powerful vignettes. Cartwright’s language is beautiful and moving at times as well as very funny at others; in particular, there are several poetic monologues which were the real highlights of the evening. Skinlad played by the excellent Darren Hannant, gives a visceral and genuinely scary account of his transition from violent skinhead to desperate Buddhist.... excellent Matt Matravers...excellent performances from the Sedos cast.
Bridewell Theatre
- Wednesday 16 April 2008 7.30pm
- Thursday 17 April 2008 7.30pm
- Friday 18 April 2008 7.30pm
- Saturday 19 April 2008 7.30pm
