![]() Apathy reigns, and there is nobody to rescue them from becoming underachieving, underprivileged underdogs … or is there? Enter Rick, a new teacher, unconventional: long hair, wide flares, big heart. If you like your musicals to be a sweet, sunny and serene singalong then Junkyard is probably not for you, but do go along before the end of the month to the Rose Theatre, for in this new musical you will find humanity and humour bursting forth from a bleak landscape, like fireweed on a refuse tip.įor the teenagers at Lockleaze, school is an irrelevant bore they are heading for that prison, for poverty or, as Debbie, now slightly older, puts it “making the same mistakes as Mum”, since she is pregnant and there are a number candidates for the dad. So, what will the burghers of Kingston make of it? My guess is that it will be a Marmite production for them: love it or hate it. The musical was initially conceived by Headlong, a young company grounded in Bristol itself, and its three co-producers are the three theatres that have hosted its tour, Bristol Old Vic on home ground, Theatr Clwyd up on the Dee, and The Rose Theatre, in genteel Kingston. Even amongst the adolescents, their experience of the world is poverty, prison, pregnancy. Its characters are social misfits, even in the sink estate underclass of Bristol’s roughest areas in the late 1970’s where they live and go to school. Junkyard, as a musical, is totally frank about itself, as frank as it raw-edged characters, very much what you see is what you get, an honesty of approach. By Jack Thorne, music by Stephen Warbeck Co-Production by Headlong, Bristol Old Vic, RTK and Theatr ClwydĪt The Rose Theatre, Kingston until 30 th April
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |