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Wild Horses

Theatre503, Inner London
From: Tuesday, 15th June 2010
To: Saturday, 10 July 2010

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Synopsis

Seventeen year old Ellie has finally come home to face the music. Can her family, or even her friends, get over her betrayal? Who is in control of her future? Multiple award-winner Nimer Rashed's powerful debut play is a darkly comic and startling exploration of family, folly and forgiveness.

Our Review:

18 June 2010

Punchy and urban but with a romantic core and melodic twists, Wild Horses by Nimer Rashed shares a lot with The Rolling Stones song of the same name. From Ellie’s opening gasp to her final gentle blowing of a toy windmill, we are whisked along her rollercoaster ride of love, loss, betrayal and forgiveness in an evening that alternates between the desperately funny and the desperately sad.

Runaway Ellie Porter has returned home to the consternation of her parents, best friend and past love. As she deals with her uncertain future, a multitude of possibilities are dangled like golden carrots in front of her; but who is controlling these hopes and dreams, Ellie, or those who profess to know what’s best for her?

Underneath Rashed’s pithy street dialogue lie deep undercurrents of bitterness and each silence is thick with resentment. The caustically funny Rashed has cleverly created a kitchen-sink drama (reflected in Lorna Ritchie’s multi-tasking I...

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