This was an excellent play/production.
We’re really keen on Simon Stephens work and had high hopes for this play – high hopes that were indeed met.
The play is basically about Simon Stephen’s home town – Stockport.
This was a revival of one of Simon Stephen’s early works – we didn’t realise that when we booked it, bit never mind.
Years later, when Janie and I went to Southport, I had terrible trouble convincing Janie that they are very different places in the North-West with vaguely similar names.
Unfamiliar names in the cast but all did a cracking job. Superb design too. Marianne Elliott is such a good director.
Below is a trailer vid:
The piece had very good reviews – here is a link to a search term that finds them.
Below is a vox pop audience feedback vid:
Our vox pop – both Janie and I really liked it.
We went to see Marianne Elliott & Simon Stephens talk about the play 10 days later, which was interesting and good too:
Marianne Elliott And Simon Stephens On Port, 7 February 2013