Confessions of a City Supporter
From: Thursday, 21st May 2009
To: Saturday, 13 June 2009
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
Local history is brought to life by four generations of a Hull family. Along the way the play recreates key moments from the team's sporting past ('mostly when we were cheated by referees,' says the writer). It also suggests ways of dealing with Arsenal and Manchester United supporters, explains why league tables never tell the truth and celebrates the Sacred Legend of Great-Grandad's Cloth Cap!
Our Review:
25 May 2009
I first saw Confessions of a City Supporter at its 2004 premiere. In truth, five years on, Alan Plater’s play seems somewhat diminished, though it’s essentially the same, despite updatings, with the same director (Gareth Tudor Price) and cast. Accidents of time and place have not been kind to the production.
Under John Godber, Hull Truck Theatre will no doubt swiftly find a production style to fit the new building. At the moment productions are Spring Street writ large. City Supporter makes good use of screen projections but, when the opening images fade and the spotlights get out of the audience’s faces, it’s still Martin Barrass confiding in the audience – for which the intimacy of the old theatre was so well suited.
In terms of timing, the last production celebrated Hull City becoming established in the second tier of English football. In 2008 the club took it one stage further and reached the Premiership – hence th...
Creative
Alan Plater (Author)
Hull Truck (Producer)
Gareth Tudor Price (Director)
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