Brilliant Adventures

Synopsis

Rob's less than impressed by his brother Luke 's new flat. That is until he discovers it's ideally placed to become the area's drug supply epicentre. Thrown into a dangerous world, the brothers must salvage what's left of the home and family. Luke's got an ingenious solution which could solve all their problem

Our Review:

11 May 2013

Alistair McDowall's play Brilliant Adventures won a Bruntwood Prize for playwriting in 2011 and now receives it's world première in this co-production between the Royal Exchange and the Live Theatre, Newcastle.

Luke is a nineteen year old scientific genius but treated as stupid by many people because of a speech impediment. His older brother Rob has always been the one to look out for him and now even as adults and Luke finally in his own flat, Rob is still looking out for him. Unfortunately Rob isn't really that good at the job and is more concerned with making money through drug dealing and dragging his druggie father around so he can keep an eye on him.

The arrival of Londoner Ben into the squalid mix of a Middlesborough slum, means that Rob has someone to supply money for the drugs and he sees himself, Luke and their father moving up in the world. However once Ben finds out about the existence of a working time machine, designed and built by Luke, ...

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