Tall Tales, Tantrums, and Gordon Brown
From: Friday, 12th August 2011
To: Saturday, 13 August 2011
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
Set against the background of last year s General Election, Tall Tales, Tantrums and Gordon Brown is the tale of love-struck Alfie Sparrow, about to embark on a journey of friendship, whose main worry is whether or not anyone will turn up to his party. Amidst the teenage angst and usual boy-meets-girl romance, the play looks at the way politics affects young people and the impact of the election, when many young people wake up to realise the importance and impact of the events in faraway Westminster.
Our Review:
14 August 2011
Since forming in 2007, the Library Theatre’s resident young actors company, Norfox has been creating original work in a collaborative environment. In the professional hands of writer/director Liz Postlethwaite, Tall Tales explores teenage angst, depressing politics and random near-death experiences.
The show opens with an explosive soundtrack but smacks more of the director’s taste rather than the average British teenager and the derivative steal from the Juno soundtrack is distracting rather than enhancing.
Alfie (Tom Anderson), our protagonist is an outsider in a school with naughty gangs, bitchy girls and everyone in between but with the election looming, he decides to throw a party to celebrate or commiserate in the vain hope his popularity may grow. New girl, Grace (Anna Harris) tries to befriend Alfie but the bitches get their claws in first.
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The Norfox Young People's Theatre Company (Company)
Liz Postlethwaite (Director)
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