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Saturday, 15 December 2012

Loserville (15/12/2012)

Oh my word I enjoyed this more than words can say.

I think the best way to put this into words would be a massive keysmash with excited bouncing in my chair. But that's not appropriate for a blog like this.

... What am I saying? Every review for something I love is essentially just a verbal keysmash.

Still...

Loserville is most definitely Grease for the modern era. Set in the 1970s, it tells the tale of Michael Dork, attempting to send the first Electronic communication. The battle for email supremacy is fought between him and his arch nemesis... Eddie Arch, son of the owner of Arch Systems. Throw in the Clever Girl, Holly, the Nerdy Writer, Lucas Lloyd (writing Galaxy Battle, and getting inspiration from the greatest of places) and so many more brilliant characters.

Our Boys (30/10/2012)

Our Boys is a bit of an enigma. The play itself passes off as a sort of hospital-cum-army drama, a cross between the boring bits of casualty and the marvellous bits of... Well.

Suddenly you hit a bit of a brick wall with trying to describe something like this. It's understated, laddish, and a little bit brutal... But its also genuine, sad, heartwarming and upsetting. Our Boys has a balance which few other plays (at least this year) seem to have found.