Elephant 21
From: Wednesday, 14th July 2010
To: Saturday, 24 July 2010
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Synopsis
Developed from testimonies of local residents, Elephant 21 weaves through the past 100 years told through four generations of the Valentine family in a play "about war, Sarsparilla, Knickerbocker glories, more war, suicide, jiving and unrequited love". The cast will be a mixture of young non-professionals from The Mayhem Company, professional actors, and older non-professionals from the local Blackfriars Settlement in Southwark.
Our Review:
15 July 2010
Elephant and Castle Shopping centre is not the most likely of places in which to watch a performance. The Royal Court’s Theatre Local initiative has transformed an empty shop into a performance space, and in doing so aims to strip down productions and open them up to new audiences.
The idea behind Mayhem’s Elephant 21 lends itself extremely well to this environment. It's a play rooted in the history of Elephant and Castle, weaving together a narrative based on the stories and oral histories of local residents. It's a bold production in terms of its aims and the story it tries to tell, but unfortunately it is not successful in either.
Sarah May’s script tells the story of the lives of the Valentine family over the course of 100 years. But the writing does nothing to endear us to this family. The play begins and ends in a care home where its oldest resident Carlotta Valentine becomes the subject of the st...
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Mayhem Company (Company)
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