The English Game (theatre preview)
May 20th, 2008
– The English Game at the Exeter Northcott Theatre until May 24
posted by Cptn
Leather on willow may have long been replaced by plastic on uPVC, but as the shadow of the first Test match falls across the summer the world tour of The English Game bowls its first ball at the Exeter Northcott tonight.
According to the blurb ‘cricket and politics collide in Richard Bean’s new play, an exploration of the modern British psyche seen through the lens of a simple game of cricket’.
It might not be the subject matter you’d expect from a stand-up lefty (comedian and politics) Richard Bean who brought you Smack Family Robinson, The God-Botherers and Harvest. But word on the street is he writes genuinely funny jokes and has an eye for the unorthodox truth.
But ‘political and social tensions which underpin British Society in the 21st century and what it means to be English in 2008′ have the scent of being unfathomable and intangible, or is that a cynical defeated attitude. We shall await your reviews.
Get your tickets now, from 01392 493493 or online, ‘for an enjoyable, light-hearted dissection of what makes the nation tick’.
(Image: Headlong theatre’s The English Game, photo by Keith Pattison)
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