The Madness of George Dubya - The Dubya Trilogy

Synopsis

Satire, songs and insanity. 'Tension is mounting in the Gulf, war drums are beating in Britain and America, and the commanding general of a US air base in Britain goes 'a little funny in the head' and orders his airborne division, each armed with countless megatons of nuclear missiles, to attack their primary targets in Iraq. It's a frantic race against time for President George Dubya and Prime Minister Tony to recall the planes and prevent an all-out war in the Middle East......A rollercoaster ride through the delights and terrors of global war, coming soon to a town near you!

Our Review:

8 April 2003

NOTE: The following review dates from April 2003 and this production's earlier run at the West End's Arts Theatre.

According to the show's marketing materials, Justin Butcher first wrote The Madness of George Dubya in just three days and rehearsed it in a week - and I can believe it, though I'm not sure that's something to brag about. At the interval on opening night, a colleague described the result as "rough and ready".

That it is, coming in haste to the West End now, unapologetically displaying its low-budget fringe credentials (following sell-out seasons in February and March at first the tiny Teatro Technis and then Pleasance theatres) and, of course, its topicality. This is, after all, an anti-war play, penned in protest against American and British aggression in Iraq and - so says the show flyer - "rewritten daily!" as needs must.

The irony is, though its timeliness is its selling point (and gives it a self-imposed sell-by date...

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