Steerage

Synopsis

Ten-year-old Immy and her teenage brother Zead are thousands of miles from home, locked inside a shipping container bound for England. Alone with two strangers, and armed only with a torch, they need to survive the next 24 hours. As tension heightens, Immy retreats into an imaginary world for protection.

Our Review:

25 July 2011

Steerage; two children, a shipping container, two strangers and one torch.  Welcome to Georgina Perry’s interesting look at the journey of some illegal immigrants to the UK in a shipping container on the dark.

This is a promising production with a strong concept but requires more work to fulfil its potential.  Zead (Assad Zaman Choudhury) is fiercely protective of his younger sister Immy (Catherine Dowling) who does not speak and is intensely afraid of the dark.

An intriguing character shelds much of the power in this setting without realising it however not enough detail is given to really establish the character. 

It is clear that Immy has had traumatic experiences but these are not explored enough or hinted at strongly enough for the audience to develop much feeling towards her and her situation.

Zead on the other hand is well portrayed as a defensive older brother but a much more sinister side to him develops well ...

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charles smith - 25 July 2011:

a fantastic show - clearly the reviewer didn't see the same show I did!...

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