Oxford Street

Synopsis

Oxford Street: where the streets are paved with gold, if you just know where to look. At Total Sports, security guard Kofi and his workmates are making sure everything runs smoothly, easing the daily grind with plenty of jokes and chat about the future. Young or old, they all want more from life. The only difference is how they'll go about getting it.

Our Review:

8 May 2008

All eyes will be on the West End transfer this week of Polly Stenham’s That Face, but the Royal Court’s Young Writers’ Programme has plenty more to be proud of, not least the developing career of Levi David Addai, whose Oxford Street in the Theatre Upstairs is another sharp and funny report from the front line of cosmopolitan everyday aspiration.

David Addai’s first play, 93.2FM, put his characters through the wringer of rivalries and friendships in a local radio station. He has since extended his range into the sustained domestic comedy of House of Agnes for Paines Plough (with a great central role of the displaced Ghanaian mother).

Oxford Street is a behind the scenes look at life in the security office of a sportswear store. As in 93.2FM, Christmas is around the corner, which adds spice to the discussion of comparative rates of pay (variations hover just above ...

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josie - 27 May 2008:

wanna see this cast again!!!longer please...cant get tickets...!!...

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