You Can Still Make a Killing

Synopsis

In a world where capitalism has become its own worst enemy, one man searches for an alternative - unsure if he is a victim of the banking crisis or one its unwitting perpetrators

Our Review:

15 October 2012

It's hard not to groan at the prospect of yet another exploration of financial machinations and City madness. Discussions of bond transactions don't generally make for a fun night out, especially as the current precarious economic situation doesn't seem to be getting any less depressing. 

But Nicholas Pierpan's new play, You Can Still Make A Killing, grabs the subject and dissects it from the point of view of the players whose lives are being tossed about in the turbulence which, to a large extent, they have themselves created.

Jack (Ben Lee) and Edward (Tim Delap) are high-flying, high-earning traders, with high-spending wives and expensive houses in Fulham. Then Lehman's collapses and Edward's life goes into free-fall. With no job and few prospects, his only option is to frequent Starbucks in the hope of networking himself into a job. When the poacher turns gamekeeper by joining the government's regulatory authority, he seems to have found his calli...

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