between two lesbians who clearly still had feelings for one another although, both were heavily involved with
As part of London’s Fringe Festival this phenomenal set of short inspiring plays, all revolve around the London Underground surprisingly.
They were written by eight writers who all came together through the Unheard Voices Young Writers Programme in 2009 at the Royal Court.
The plays illustrate in the main,
the unfriendliness of those who frequent the services of the London Underground - & how so often those that travel are quite happy to turn a ‘blind eye’ to anything that might raise just a little concern on the tubes. How the writers cleverly use the miniscule voice of a rat having an in depth but inaudible conversation with a grown man about how the rodent, felt it was always his responsibility to stay with the ‘jumpers’ as none of the human beings wished to take on that role!
How a man could molest a woman in broad daylight & walk away unchallenged by any member of the public! Again, highlighting the everyday cynicism & the quick readiness to ‘not get involved’ which is all so, prevalent in today’s society.
Whilst the plays cover various unrelated topics including an intense but brief encounter
somebody else – one of whom was actually about to marry, a man! Another, concerning serious discussions on the subject, feet! They were so cleverly written & directed that one could be forgiven for thinking that they were all in- terlinked & somehow fused into one.
Although, of course they were, as the settings always occurred on the tube with the constant hum of the trains in the back- ground as a gentle reminder. No detail was spared - particularly when it came to the seating of the audience which replicated that of those travelling on a tube. As on a tube people were trying to stare vacantly into different parts of the carriage. Generally unsuccessfully though, as invariably something out of the ordinary would always catch their eye. Every now & again, cynicism, hatred & fear portrayed brilliantly by the actors, were replaced by uncontrollable laughter from the audience, as two young men discuss the
hidden undertones inferred by the colour of the tube lines – that green & blue were clearly for the Sloanies & Aristocrats but that brown & black were so, obviously, for the minorities & undesirables. We even ventured into the territory of young love struck by two strangers who came together on the tube & who in fifteen minutes managed to cover topics that ranged from prison & grievous bodily harm – caused by the guy’s friend, music & penning daily emotions down in a notebook to how the male traveller could seriously fall in love with his female companion.
We were warned from the beginning that this production would only last for one hour however; it still came as quite a disappointment & slight shock when it did actually end as the plays were so outstandingly good.
Frankly, we can’t wait for the next onslaught as we know the plays are going to be more than worth their weight in gold - so watch this space!!!
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Written by Kym Small 5 9 Oc t obe r 2 0 1 0 K i x Ma g
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