Ajaxpost Plays: Beyond The Game

For the last two year, Before The Lockdown, I've found some theatrical entertainment to amuse and entertain me ... in 2018 Local theatre company Black Dog Productions put on Orphan at the Mission Theatre in Bath. A dark and bloody exploration of the nature of friendship (real & obsessive) and guilt (hidden & realised) under the violence and oppression implicit (& explicit) in all cults. It was horrifyingly engaging as the disturbing story of a boy known only as 'Orphan' is revealed to us, and the means by which he seeks justice against those who were knowingly, or not, complicit. in 2019 One of the great things about living close to a visionary and adventurous theatre such as the Bristol Old Vic is that it actively engages and promotes creativity throughout the communities it serves. The BOV has a number of outreach programmes that encourage and help various groups of people develop both their ideas and skills. One such programme is Bristol Fe...

The Lockdown continues, we're still confined to our own homes and with the people we share the space with. Except for carefully managed essential trips out social activity has become almost entirely virtual. Remembering the times when we could meet people in the flesh, so in those times what did I do on April 14th... in 2008 Having never read the classic Philip Pullman novels and only seen the Golden Compass film released the previous year, I had no idea quite where the story would go when I saw His Dark Materials at the Theatre Royal Bath. It was also my first experience of a youth company, in this case the Theatre Royal Bath Young People's Theatre. An all-round impressive production both in design and performance, the huge cast were clearly at home on the main stage of this historic theatre. Pleasantly surprised by the quality of the show I was also taken aback by the sharp twists in the story that, having only seen the film, I was quite unprepared for. in 2016...