Is There Life After High School?

Synopsis

The jock, the cheerleader, the classroom geek, the fat kid no one would sit with, what has become of them now? What would they say to each other if they ever met again years later? Retrace the lives of a group of thirty something's as they take a nostalgia trip down the roller coaster ride that was their high school years. Reunions will never be the same again after watching this wise, poignant, sometimes sad and extremely funny musical that revives the adolescent memories that everyone would probably rather forget!

Our Review:

3 May 2001

The Bridewell has come up trumps yet again. In giving the British premiere to Craig Carnelia's 1982 Broadway show, the company here has uncovered another wistful, magical, musical gem. A confessional cabaret about school days, as a group of adults reflect back on theirs, Is There Life after High School sets about to prove that they are not necessarily the best days of your life. And though this won't be the best evening of yours, it's a surprisingly affecting and effective trip down a memory lane that many prefer to forget.

All those petty squabbles and minor insults - as refracted through the prism of teenage eyes so that they're magnified at the time into events of far more significance than they really are - come back to haunt the characters' adult selves at a college reunion. This is as if Stephen Sondheim's Follies (premiered on Broadway a decade earlier and a clear influence) has been rewritten not as a reunion of showgirls but of the ...

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Latest User Review

USER: Whatsonstage.com - 8 May 2001:

Wow...yet another triumph for The Bridewell. Beuatifully directed, stunning lighting (given the space) and a cast to die for! A funny and at many times poignant show. Thank you Bridewell for giving us the chance to see it. But why oh why is it not full....come on you musical lovers..this is a MUST steventaylor6070@x-stream.co.uk...

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