What a triumph! While it is a joy to see the talent up close; this production could easily make a transfer to stages to the likes of the West End
London Pub Theatres Magazine
★★★★★
Director : Florence Carr-Jones
Eight boys in pursuit of sex, sport, and a spot at Oxbridge. Four teachers with distinctly different approaches. One moment in time. The chasm between school and university – between boyhood and becoming.
A new sonic and swirling production of Alan Bennett's modern classic that explores how we preserve memory, and the shaping forces of education and adolescence.
What is lost? What is carried forward? What can never quite be reclaimed?
Awards & Nominations
Offies Assessors Choice Award
Offies Best Production Nomination
Offies Best Performance Nomination
London Pub Theatres Standing Ovation Award Nomination
London Pub Theatres Magazine
★★★★★
"Carr-Jones shapes an engaging, dynamic and emotionally agile production"
London Theatre 1
★★★★★
"What unfolded was a genuine delight: a production that not only met the challenge but embraced it with confidence and flair"
Ro-views
★★★★★
"Urgent, alive and absolutely worth rediscovering"
Thespian Meg
★★★★★
"Carr-Jones understands the universality of the script and how to exploit it to show that it is still relevant"
London Theatre Reviews
★★★★
"Carr-Jones, combined with movement director Greta Abbey, have successfully pulled off the task of keeping Bennett's material relevant and timely to create a truly memorable production"
Cast
Amaan Patel (Akthar), Ben Harvey (Timms), Duncan Hess (Hector), Isaac Green
(Crowther), Jack Calver (Posner), Jake Dove (Dakin), James Mace (Lockwood),
Jamie Coll (Rudge), Joshua Hogan (Scripps), Leonardo Shaw (Irwin), Stefan
Brennan-Healy (Headmaster Felix) Susannah May (Mrs Lintott).
(Crowther), Jack Calver (Posner), Jake Dove (Dakin), James Mace (Lockwood),
Jamie Coll (Rudge), Joshua Hogan (Scripps), Leonardo Shaw (Irwin), Stefan
Brennan-Healy (Headmaster Felix) Susannah May (Mrs Lintott).
Creatives
Writer - Alan Bennett
Director - Florence Carr-Jones
Designer - Miranda Cattermole
Lighting Designer - Jacob Henney
Music Director & Composer - Georgia Gabrielides
Sound Designer - Rafael Solimeno-Harris
Movement Director - Greta Abbey
Company Stage Manager - Ashley Purt
Assistant Stage Manager - Carly Hendricks
Director - Florence Carr-Jones
Designer - Miranda Cattermole
Lighting Designer - Jacob Henney
Music Director & Composer - Georgia Gabrielides
Sound Designer - Rafael Solimeno-Harris
Movement Director - Greta Abbey
Company Stage Manager - Ashley Purt
Assistant Stage Manager - Carly Hendricks
Presented by Glassroom Company - Jack Calver & Emilia Woodgate
Photos by Miranda Mazzarella
