Ecstasy

This play based on the best selling book by Irvine Welsh is stages by Easy Tiger Productions for the first week and a half of the Fringe this year.

As in other Welsh books the drug and club culture of Edinburgh is the setting for this Keith Wyatt adaptation.

Majoring on Lloyd, Jack McGown, and the people that inhabit his world, and Heather, Maddy Lewis trapped in a love less marriage and how circumstances conspire to alter their lives.

The rest of the characters are played by Jamie Morris, Alysha Brady, Mark Philip Compton, Lisa Sheerin, Pip Swallow and Nicci and this gritty, chemical fuelled production plays out.

The impression is that Lloyd is a ne’er do well, but is this the whole story? He may take a substance or two, but why does he make soup for his elderly neighbours? He may indulge in casual sex, but he is looking for more and not a chemical romance.

The whole cast are well drilled, act well and the inventive set and lighting melded with the direction of Maddy Lewis made this an excellent afternoon production and for me an eye opener as someone who has never been involved in this scene.

****

Geoff

Fringe Programme Page No

P 197

Company

Easy Tiger Productions

Venue Name and Number

Baby Belly I The Caves V 88

Dates and Times

31 July to 12 August  13.05 to 14.20

Comedy 2008

Music 2008

Others 2008

Theatre 2008

Musicals 2008

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