LIFT
From: Wednesday, 30th January 2013
To: Sunday, 24 February 2013
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Synopsis
LIFT is about people and connections. The connections we have without knowing about them, the connections we lose sight of and the connections we don't mean to have. Eight people get in a LIFT at Covent Garden tube station on an ordinary morning and what follows is an exploration of their thoughts. Through seeing everything they think, revealing their innermost secrets, we realise that in some way they are all connected and if they reached out to one another they might change their lives forever
Our Review:
4 February 2013
Have you ever been up close and personal with a group of strangers in a lift, guessing at the busker’s name or what the red-haired girl reading the Metro does for a living?
Part of Soho Theatre’s commitment to new musical theatre, Craig Adams’ LIFT is about the strangeness of human nature and the fact that our society consists of being in close contact with strangers, never communicating, while in the chatroom age, the ones we do communicate with couldn’t be more distant.
Disembodied announcements, booming club music, footsteps and sirens drown out feelings and words until we stop talking altogether, choosing to remain silent rather than compete with the city.
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Latest User Review
C MacLeod - 17 February 2013:
I was disappointed by this show. All the performances were very strong with some exceptional vocals. However, the music was forgettable, the lyrics were at times clumsy and the book was just leaden. When I first heard about this musical I understood, wrongly as it turns out, that it took place in a lift where people were trapped and was about their varied responses to being in that situation. The lift, however, is tangential to the plot, such as it is, which is really a collection of disparate snippets of London life - and not very interesting London life at that....
Cast
Julie Atherton (French Teacher)
Nikki Davis-Jones (Secretary)
Cynthia Erivo (Lap Dancer)
Jonny Fines (Ballet Dancer)
Luke Kempner (Bright Young Thing)
Ellie Kirk (Athletic & Wearing a Thong)
George Maguire (Busker)
Robbie Towns (Tall Dark and Handsome)
Creative
Craig Adams (Music)
Craig Adams (Lyrics)
Ian Watson (Book)
Theatre Bench (in association with Soho Theatre Ros Povey) (Company)
Steven Paling (Director)
Georgia Lowe (Design)
Andy Voller (Lighting)
Georgia Lowe (Costume)
Henri Latham-Koenig (Sound)
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