Devised by: John Retallack and Carol Bush Written by: John Retallack Dates: March – May 2009 Performances: May 21, 2009 Partners: In association with Southwark College
Devised with the BTEC 1st diploma level 2 Performing Arts students at the Bermondsey Centre of Southwark College
John Retallack worked with Carol Bush and the students to write three new 25 minute plays
HOUSEPARTY Three friends live on the same estate; Jake and Toyin live with their mothers and Alby lives alone. Their mothers, Sharon and Suzanne, compete with each other as to whose son is the best. One night two of the boys don’t tell their mothers where they are going. Are the mothers too strict or the boys too wild?
CAN I WRITE IT IN LIPSTICK? Chief Ade Okuso rules the roost in his home. No one can do anything without his permission. Eric his son and Judith his wife can’t believe it when he goes away on business to Nigeria for six months – freedom at last. Eric falls in love with Jennifer, a Danish girl, and Judith puts her feet up. Then the Chief comes back, earlier than expected…
BRATCAMP REUNION Paris and Dolores are so spoilt that they’re sent away because their families can’t stand them any longer – but Bratcamp on the Yorkshire Moors isn’t their idea of fun. Before long they break out and find they are totally dependent on a couple of girls doing their Duke of Edinburgh Award in a small tent. Sometimes you can’t decide who your friends are – or your enemies.
