The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return
Seen at the Edinburgh Fringe, Summerhall
Two best mate growing up in noughties Luton face the challenges of their families, getting booze, parties, first loves and local bullies. Fast, high energy delivery from this cast of three, a versatile but simple set and some great writing gives us an insight into growing up in an austerity hit ex-industrial town. We are dragged into the little and huge challenges they faced daily, and are shown the resilience with which they respond.
The underlying take-away from the show is the horros and essential futility of knofe crime amongst young people - to that end they provide access to further information at the end through QR codes and handouts - audience engagement that is to be highly comended.