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Straight

The Bush Theatre, Inner London
From: Tuesday, 27th November 2012
To: Saturday, 22 December 2012

Our Review: starstarstarstar

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Synopsis

Lewis and Waldorf were inseparable at university. Ten years on and a lot has changed. In the middle of a drunken night out, they make a bet that will take their friendship to whole new level.

Our Review: starstarstarstar

29 November 2012

In our no-holds-barred comedy craze right now taste levels seem to be set in the gutter, or perhaps “clunge” height - the crudely blunt jokes of hit TV series The Inbetweeners a case in point.

That’s in total contrast to the clever social observation of One Foot in the Grave - so you wouldn’t necessarily expect that show’s star Richard Wilson, aka grumpy Victor Meldrew, to throw himself into a play which whips out sex-soaked puns and four-letter witticisms as often as a windmilling willy on a lads’ night out.

Except, he has. The British small screen favourite directs the new play by Royal Court regular DC Moore, Straight, which hits the Bush theatre fresh from a run at Sheffield’s Crucible. Based on the 2009 American motion picture Humpday, where two best buddies decide to make an ‘art’ film-cum-amateur porno which they’ll star in, this Brit version for the stage is seriously funn...

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Cast

Philip McGinley (Waldorf)
Henry Pettigrew (Lewis)
Jenny Rainsford (Steph)
Jessica Ransom (Morgan)

Creative

D.C. Moore (Author)
Sheffield Theatres (in associaton with The Bush) (Producer)
Richard Wilson (Director)
James Cotterill (Design)
Johanna Town (Lighting)
Michael Bruce (Music)
Michael Bruce (Sound)


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