Sherica
From: Friday, 22nd July 2011
To: Friday, 29 July 2011
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Synopsis
'Stop...! This isn't me. I don't visit prostitutes. For God's sake - I read the Guardian!' Teacher Michael's infatuation with a sex worker opens him up to blackmail. A compelling and moving thriller from the same team behind last year's Edinburgh hit 'Wednesday' ('a stunning piece of confrontational theatre' ***** - BroadwayBaby).
Our Review:
24 July 2011
You can’t say that writer Ian Winterton doesn’t offer value for money. There are enough ideas in Sherica to provide material for a TV series.
And all of them are good. The admission into a posh grammer school of pupils from a less privileged background gives rise to conflict. Katie (Ruth Middleton) is called to the school after her bright but aggressive sister Natalie (Nicola Stebbings) gets into a fight with borderline sociopath Douglas (a remarkable professional debut from William Hutchby).
This gives the amoral Douglas the opportunity for blackmail as Katie works in the sex industry under the name 'Sherica' and her clients include him and Michael (Oliver Devoti) a teacher married to Holly (Katy Slater).
In such a crowded plot contrivances (such as Douglas getting far too many chances to gather evidence) are inevitable. However the characters have a brutal credibility. The centrepiece is a marvellously staged c...
Creative
Ian Winterton (Author)
Balloon Head Productions (Company)
Shred Productions (Company)
Trevor MacFarlane (Director)
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