New Production !
SQUARE(d)
As part of The Fresh ideas season at The New Wimbledon Theatre
10th, 11th, 12th, 13th of March 2010
After the success of Business by David Furlong (Pleasance theatre, October 2007) Echange Theatre comes back to new writing with Square(d).
A new play by David Furlong,
translated by Benedict Cooper.
Directed by Francesca Seeley.
With Duncan Barrett, David Furlong,
Stephen Leask and Toby Manley.
Production designer: Mike Lees.
New Wimbledon Theatre Studio,
The Broadway London, SW19 1QG
Ticket booking 0844 871 7627 or
http://www.ambassadortickets.com/ Wimbledon-Studio
Square(d) is a comedy first. It tells the story of four thirty-something who come to realise over one evening that they have the same material comfort, the same meaningless life-purpose and even the same lover ! In one evening, it takes this unbelievable event to make their life take a U turn and question themselves. And as farces are also the most chaotic form of theatre, Square(d) really takes us deep into the chaos of the situation.
But it's also a play about today’s young adults, a generation facing doubts. In the time of a credit crunch, what are we running for? What kind of life are those four guys working for? Why is there the feeling that the ideals and the goals we have been sold by a consumerist society are not really fulfilling?
Very influenced by "In yer face theatre" from playwrights like Martin McDonagh, Square(d) is an edgy and funny way of looking at questions that people ask themselves today.