The God Botherers
From: Wednesday, 19th November 2003
To: Saturday, 20 December 2003
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
A dark and deeply funny tale of do-gooding foreign aid workers in far-flung Tambia. Contains swearing, cannibalism, outbursts of a culturally intolerant nature, The Clash, some burqas and a Christmas turkey. Truly alternative Christmas entertainment, not for the faint hearted or politically correct.
Our Review:
27 November 2003
Playwright Richard Bean is indeed on a roll. After Toast and last year's The Mentalists, this year he's premiered Smack Family Robinson at Newcastle's Live Theatre, Under the Whaleback at the Royal Court Upstairs, and now The God Botherers here at the Bush, which precedes another new play, Honeymoon Suite, care of English Touring Theatre at the Royal Court Downstairs come January.
Clearly, this is not a dramatist who worries about writer's block. Words seem to come easy enough to Bean, as do memorable characters and situations. Under the Whaleback, for instance, revealed the world of Hull trawlerman, with much of the action taking place in the crew's cramped quarters.
A vastly different scenario, at least on the surface, The God Botherers concerns itself with Western aid workers in developing countries, set primarily in and around a corrugated iron hut in a dusty African v...
Creative
Richard Bean (Author)
Bush Theatre (Producer)
William Kerley (Director)
Bob Bailey (Design)
Tanya Burns (Lighting)
Mike Winship (Lighting)
Mike Winship (Sound)
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