Love, Love, Love

Synopsis

1967. Kenneth and Sandra know the world is changing. And they want some of it. Love, Love, Love takes on the baby boomer generation as it retires, and finds it full of trouble. Smoking, drinking, affectionate and paranoid, Mike Bartlett’s play follows one couple’s forty-year journey from initial burst to full bloom.

Our Review:

Karen Bussell - 12 October 2010

Heralded as a baby-boomer generation versus the 30somethings generation showdown, award-winning Mike Bartlett’s vibrant new play Love Love Love opened in Plymouth prior to a national tour.

And the Drum Theatre Plymouth and Paines Plough production does not disappoint with compelling performances, cutting dialogue and a thought-provoking premise posing more questions than giving answers.

Focussing on three short periods of time in the life and times of 60s hedonists Kenneth and Sandra, we witness the rollercoaster ride of their relationship and the knock-on effect on their offspring.

Sharp observations of the foibles of youth (regardless of generation), of the nuances of relationships, and the influence of politics on ambition and achievement - this is an absorbing piece which does not lecture and does not always sit comfortably but nevertheless entertains.

Kenneth (National Theatre and RSC, and BBC Radio Carleton Hobbs Award shortlis...

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Latest User Review

David - 28 October 2010:

We were still talking about this vibrantly engaging and thought-provoking piece days after seeing it in the excellent Drum venue in Plymouth. A strong cast - but wanted to see the return of the elder brother. Loved Rosie Wyatt as the only emotionally literate family member, wanted to shake the selfish parents while wondering if I was seeing me on the stage... Frightening.......

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