I Caught Crabs in Walberswick

Joel Horwood is an award winning playwright and this play was commissioned last year and was premiered in May prior to its stay at Fringe 2008.

This production centres on the three teenagers, Fitz, Aaron Foy, Wheeler, Harry Hemple and Dani, a spoiled wild child, played by Gemma Soul with the usual teenage angst and rampaging hormones that are rife in 16 year olds.

The other characters are played by Andrew Barron and Rosie Thomson and I particularly liked the portrayal of Fitz’s father a pitiful hypochondriac.

The set is wonderfully simple and versatile, and the direction is of a high quality.

Although all the ingredients of what should be a great production are present, I feel that the storyline is anything but new and really doesn’t add much to similar stories of rebelling sexually curious kids and ineffective parents.

This is a pretty reasonable production however, but I hoped for a little more.

***

Geoff

Fringe Programme Page No

P 205

Company

Eastern Angels / High Tide Festival / Escalator East to Edinburgh

Venue Name and Number

Pleasance Cavern V 33

Dates and Times

1 to 25 August (not 12, 19)  17.00 to 18.15

Comedy 2008

Music 2008

Others 2008

Theatre 2008

Musicals 2008

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