Coalition
From: Wednesday, 1st August 2012
To: Sunday, 26 August 2012
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Synopsis
It's late 2014 and Britain's coalition government has only six months left to run. The Conservative Prime Minister and his Lib Dem Deputy haven't spoken for months, the economy has flat-lined and government MPs are threatening to defect right, left and centre. With his time running out and having sold off his party HQ, Lib Dem leader and Deputy Prime Minister Matt Cooper has to make a series of last, desperate gambles to save the party he loves...
Our Review:
Theo Bosanquet - 8 August 2012
Despite being a central component of its early popularity, satire is now a sad shadow of its former self at the Edinburgh Fringe.
So I was heartened to see this new comedy by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky in the programme, which tackles the coalition government head on and features a wealth of performing talent including Phill Jupitus, Thom Tuck and Jo Caulfield.
Set in 2014 in the run-up to the next election, the play sees Lib Dem leader Matt Cooper (Tuck) desperately trying to keep his party and career together amid numerous back-stabbings, dodgy deals and media stitch-ups. As his energy minister turns toxic after a nuclear fall-out, the looming by-election threatens to put the final nail in the coalition coffin.
Jupitus camps it up gloriously as a creepy Tory minister, sporting a waistcoat and trim beard that ironically makes him look like an inflated Lenin. Caulfield’s talents are largely wasted in a slim role as a sardonic Chief Whip, but there...
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