Superglue is a young people's Theatre
production. The people's theatre 24th February 2022
Kicking off my 2022 review season is Superglue @ the people’s theatre.Directed by Mark Buckley. This was my first maskless theatre performance and first show in the new studio room at the people’s theatre, which is a really cool space.
Superglue is a play based around climate change, which for me was a bit weird, as I'd been visited earlier in the day by the extinction rebellion and I guiltily bought my first BP share for some reason (money? I’m told they are at least working towards sustainable energy sources at least).
Anyway, enough rambling. This play has a main cast of eight, with some additional ensemble members to add to the scenes. Superglue is quite short, but to the point. There has been an incident at a protest that has resulted in the death of Lily (Fleur Wilson), we join her and her friends in her moment of grief before the funeral.
This is the perfect fit for the Young people's theatre I think, exploring areas of grief and dementia with dignity, tact and sensitivity. Tam ( Minnie Dobson) had a very good performance especially, though all the actors were good and suited their roles well. The stage was very well put together, with several climate emergency messages drip-dropped throughout the performance, though I can’t say the messages were particularly subtle, if you don’t like that sort of in your face messaging, but hey tough the planet’s dying and all that jazz!
Other friends in the main ensemble are Morgan (Zara Baqir), Mattie (CJ Courtney), Hadley (Anna Sabin), Reece (Emmy Dobson), Clark (Joshua Sanderson and Joe (Alistair Wilson) a somewhat antagonist of the piece, an activist gone wrong, or as extinction rebellion would call “an activist”.
This short play (coming in just under an hour) was a good watch, good subtle music playing before the start of the show, with the odd sound effect. Climate is an important message, character conversations did remind me of improv at parts and the conversations felt a little like a restriction improv game, where you have to only respond with one word answers and restrictions like short sentences, I think that was fed in largely due to the dementia aspect though, so I understand why it was part of the flow of the piece.
Playing from Friday the 25th - Saturday the 26th February @ the people’s theatre Heaton.
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Frank Cromartie Murphy
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