Departure Lounge
From: Tuesday, 28th September 2010
To: Sunday, 31 October 2010
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Synopsis
Delayed at Malaga Airport after a week in the sun to celebrate their graduation from school, four less than innocent 18 year olds, caught between adolescence and adulthood, reminisce about their time together. It soon becomes clear that their individual memories of the holiday are at odds, particularly when it comes to romance and the girl on all their minds. Is she as innocent as we’re lead to think and will the boys’ friendships hold firm as they all face a coming of age? Shot through with razor sharp humour, moments of tenderness and infectious songs Departure Lounge is set to be the most exciting and entertaining British musical this year.
Our Review:
Andrew Girvan - 1 October 2010
Dougal Irvine's Departure Lounge has had a long journey to London, making stops in Edinburgh and New York before finally arriving at the brand-new Waterloo East Theatre. This staging brings with it a surprisingly starry cast with Verity Rushworth (Sophie), Chris Fountain (JB) and Steven Webb's (Ross) television credits all very noticeable on their resumes.
Minimally staged - it doesn't take much to replicate the tin sheds Ryanair flies from around Europe - and with musical accompaniment provided by just two guitars, Departure Lounge doesn't fit into the mould of the 'typical musical', with a raw rowdiness few would be brave enough to pair with song-driven narrative. The four sunburnt lads, fresh from a week of adolescent frolics on the Costa Del Sol, recount their stories of conquest with varying degrees of drink-addled confusion and misremembering in a series of flashbacks featuring the object of nearly all of their desires: ...
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Gareth James - 14 October 2010:
This is the second of the Edinburgh ones-that-got-away that I’ve caught up with back in London and boy am I glad I did! It’s a musical where four lads in the departure lounge at a Spanish airport look back at their hedonistic week in the sun and reflect on life at the crossroads between school and university. I was expecting mere ladishness, but what surprised me was how much depth the rights-of-passage story has, the richness of the characterisation and how much it has to say about friendship. In some musicals the songs seem artificially ‘slotted in’, but here Dougal Irvine’s excellent music is completely in keeping with the context, the tale and the characters. Accompanied by two acoustic guitars, the brilliantly funny lyrics are all clearly audible and the singing is first class - I was particularly impressed by the voice of Liam Tamne, but Chris Fountain, Jack Shalloo and Steven Webb also sang very well. I felt a bit sorry for Verity Rushworth in the role of Sophie which is pivotal but a bit under-written, making her seem an ‘extra’, but she played it very well indeed. Spesh Moloney and the composer provided fine accompaniment. This is an uplifting feel good show which I really hope has a life beyond this short run at Waterloo East Theatre (itself a welcome addition to the cultural landscape of SE1), but don’t wait, go now while you can....
Cast
Chris Fountain (JB)
Verity Rushworth (Sophie)
Harry Hepple (Pete)
Liam Tamne (Jordan)
Steven Webb (Ross)
Creative
Dougal Irvine (Author)
Andy Barnes (Producer)
Joseph Smith (Producer)
Hilary A Williams (in association with Theatre Royal Stratford East and Olive Theatre) (Producer)
Pip Minnithorpe (Director)
Chris Maloney (Musical Director)
Cressida Carre (Choreographer)
Will Reynolds (Design)
Will Reynolds (Lighting)
Georgia Lowe (Costume)
Gareth Owen (Sound)
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