Based on the book by Colin MacInnes Adapted by Roy Williams Directed by Liam Steel Do you believe in freedom? London 1958. Teenagers are blowing away the cobwebs of post-war life — the absolute beginners are creating the world anew. A Vespa-riding young photographer takes a trip through the gritty and glamorous streets of West London chasing the love of his life. But behind the jazz, sex and drugs of the new age lies a simmering cauldron of racial hatred that threatens to ignite at any moment.
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‘British physical theatre at its finest.’ New York Times on Liam Steel’s company, Stan Won’t Dance
Music by Soweto Kinch Design by Lizzie Clachan Sound by Nick Manning Produced by Kate McGrath of Fuel A LYRIC HAMMERSMITH PRODUCTION
Main House See back pages for times and prices. Not recommended for under 14s 26 April – 26 May 08700 500 511 www.lyric.co.uk
Photo: Clare Shilland
Roy Williams, one of the foremost black British playwrights of his generation (FallOut, Sing Yer Heart Out For the Lads) and dance theatre director Liam Steel (Stan Won’t Dance, DV8) collaborate with Lizzie Clachan of Shunt and Mercury Music Prize winner Soweto Kinch to create an explosively physical evocation of sexual liberalism, gang culture and racial tension.
‘MacInnes caught it first — and best.’