A Few Man Fridays
Adrian Jackson
A Few Man Fridays
In the late 1960s the Chagos islanders were evicted from their Indian Ocean home to make way for a US military base. Set against the actual events of their displacement and fight for justice A Few Man Fridays begins in the age of Cold War secrets and ends in the era of global warming.
3.8 out of 5 based on 4 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Location |
London |
| Venue |
Riverside Studios |
| Director |
Adrian Jackson |
| Cast |
Cardboard Citizens |
| From |
February 2012 |
| Until |
March 2012 |
| Box Office |
020 8237 1111 |
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In the late 1960s the Chagos islanders were evicted from their Indian Ocean home to make way for a US military base. Set against the actual events of their displacement and fight for justice A Few Man Fridays begins in the age of Cold War secrets and ends in the era of global warming.
Reviews
The Sunday Times
Maxie Szalwinska
"The play has a keen sense of the ramifications for the powerless of deals agreed by the powerful over clinked glasses in clubs. The staging isn’t notably slick, but it has the daring sweep of Complicite’s Mnemonic and is almost as suspenseful as it is richly, hauntingly elegiac.
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19/02/2012
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The Evening Standard
Fiona Mountford
"A lot of names, times and places to get straight, and the first 30 minutes ... are undoubtedly hard work, as the centrifugal script, complete with interludes of UK/US haggling over the territory, struggles to establish a workable equilibrium. Eventually it does, and we settle into an increasingly riveting evening that wraps hard facts in a parcel of fiction."
16/02/2012
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Time Out
Jane Edwardes
"For all its good intentions, there are serious problems with the production ... Clearly a huge injustice has been perpetrated but Jackson and his company have yet to discover the best way to expose it."
20/02/2012
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The Times
Libby Purves
"Unwieldy at nearly three hours, and only springs into life at the end of its long first act. But, like the Chagossians, it deserves respect."
17/02/2012
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