Sealand

Synopsis

Sealand is a high octane performance studded with black comedy. Is utopia a place or a state of mind? England is sinking; can society be pulled from the rising waters? Ted has a dream, but no man is an island. Ted has decided to start a new country with his family on an abandoned sea fort off the coast on of Britain. The play, based on true events asks is utopia a place or a state or mind. A relevant question in today's 'Big society'.

Our Review:

25 October 2012

As we know, all is not well in Broken Britain - which is why Ted (played by Adam El Hagar) has taken drastic action and moved to Sealand, an abandoned fort seven miles out at sea. Joined by his teenage son Alex (Ed Pinker) and another family, Ted wants to start anew and create his own utopian nation - but human nature seems to get in the way.

Written, directed and starring graduates of the East 15 Acting School, Sealand is an intimate look at family and relationship dynamics put under the intense pressure of a claustrophobic environment. And the most intimate portrayal of all is that of Sarah, the abrasive teenager played with great gusto by Jessica Stone.

Sarah, whose painful vulnerability counters her inner-city swagger, is dramatic napalm, shrieking, stripping and sobbing her way aboard the confines of her new home. The best scenes are invariably the hilarious and excruciating adolescent exchanges between Sarah and Alex, which see Sarah provoking and...

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