Closex
Tinderbox
Sometime in the 21st century, times are not so much lean as anorexic. Fast and farcically funny, Lucy Kirkwood’ first full-length play plunges you into a disturbing vision of a dystopian future.
Sometime in the 21st Century, times are not so much lean as anorexic. An island in a sea of chaos, one man still clings to Traditional British Values, managing his wayward wife and running a butchers shop: his Empire.
When Perchik, committed vegetarian and outlaw artist, swims across Hadrian’s Channel to England and stows away in a container full of meat, he lands up in Saul’s shop. Since Saul’s last boy went missing, Perchik gets an instant job offer. With riots raging in the streets outside, it may be safest to accept. Or maybe not.
Fast and farcically funny, Lucy Kirkwood’ first full-length play plunges you into a disturbing vision of a dystopian future.
cast: Bryan Dick, Jamie Foreman, Sheridan Smith, Nigel Betts, Sartaj Garewal
director: Josie Rourke
designer: Lucy Osborne
Ticket Prices:
£10-£15
Bush Theatre
7 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 8LJ