Teenage Riot
From: Tuesday, 17th August 2010
To: Sunday, 29 August 2010
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Synopsis
Eight youngsters shut themselves off because they feel like it. They don’t know why exactly. In fact, they don’t even know what they want or don’t want but there’s enough lust, frustration, irritation to find out what’s shitty about the fact that they’ll become someone like you. Contains adult themes
Our Review:
Nancy Groves - 25 August 2010
It’s hard to talk about Teenage Riot without referencing Skins. On the surface at least, Ontroerend Goed’s latest show feels like the theatrical equivalent of the Channel 4 drama, its attractive adolescent cast kitted out in the same uniform of day-glo tees and skinny jeans and similarly fuelled by pheromones and angst.
Ultimately though, the Belgian theatre company trumps the Bristol TV show with a production that’s as thought-provoking as it is provocative. Holed up in a (literal) hotbox of hormones on stage, its eight young characters capture on camera that moment when childish game-playing loses its innocence and becomes a more dangerous and adult affair.
Truths are told, flesh is flashed and a whole lot of mess is made, all performed with such painful honesty by the exceptional young cast that it's hard not to wince. When focus eventually switches to the aud...
Creative
Alexander Devriendt (and the cast) (Author)
Ontroerend Goed (Producer)
Kopergietery (Producer)
Drum Theatre Plymouth (Producer)
Richard Jordan Productions Ltd (Producer)
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