Late Company, Trafalgar Studios 2 (Transfer From Finborough)
Aug 27, 2017 14:13:57 GMT
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Post by showgirl on Aug 27, 2017 14:13:57 GMT
Can't find a thread for this which is surprising given the rave reviews the sold-out Finborough run received, and the fact that the production has now transferred for a limited period. Still, I'm sure others here will have seen it or have booked to do so. Re the subject, I may as well just quote the original blurb:
"One year after the suicide of their teenage son, Debora and Michael sit down to dinner with their son’s bully and his parents.
Closure is on the menu, but accusations are the main course as good intentions are gradually stripped away to reveal layers of parental, sexual, and political hypocrisy – at a dinner party where grief is the loudest guest.
Written with sensitivity and humour, Late Company explores restorative justice, cyber bullying, and is both a timely and timeless meditation on a parent’s struggle to comprehend the monstrous and unknown in their child."
I saw the matinee yesterday and cannot recommend it highly enough to those who like family/relationship dramas. Only 80 minutes long but dense, tense and eventful. This would definitely make my Best Of Year list if I compiled one and I can't believe that the author, Jordan Tannahill, was only in his early 20's when he wrote this. Trafalgar 2 seems to be housing some excellent transfers, given that Rotterdam also reappeared there earlier this year; long may this continue as there's definitely a need for a more intimate venue of this type which enables good fringe productions to reach a wider audience.
"One year after the suicide of their teenage son, Debora and Michael sit down to dinner with their son’s bully and his parents.
Closure is on the menu, but accusations are the main course as good intentions are gradually stripped away to reveal layers of parental, sexual, and political hypocrisy – at a dinner party where grief is the loudest guest.
Written with sensitivity and humour, Late Company explores restorative justice, cyber bullying, and is both a timely and timeless meditation on a parent’s struggle to comprehend the monstrous and unknown in their child."
I saw the matinee yesterday and cannot recommend it highly enough to those who like family/relationship dramas. Only 80 minutes long but dense, tense and eventful. This would definitely make my Best Of Year list if I compiled one and I can't believe that the author, Jordan Tannahill, was only in his early 20's when he wrote this. Trafalgar 2 seems to be housing some excellent transfers, given that Rotterdam also reappeared there earlier this year; long may this continue as there's definitely a need for a more intimate venue of this type which enables good fringe productions to reach a wider audience.
