Road has enabled director Nathan Chapman to showcase the wide variety and wealth of talent this company possesses and the cast of over 20 were outstanding. Demonstrating some very sharp characterisation, many as monologues interspersed with humorous mini sketches. Pre show and interval activity made full use of this large cast. Eight Miles High - Octagon * 1994 & 1995 Bristol Theatre Royal Nominated for Theatre Management Association Best Musical Award. directed by Andy Hay It has been a thoroughly enjoyable eight weeks working with a fine group of actors who have thrown their talent and enthusiasm behind the production, and I would like to thank them and all the people who have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make this performance possible.

It has been a delight to revisit this Lancashire street once again, and an honour to do so as part of Bench Theatre's 40th Anniversary celebrations.I hope that myself and the cast have done our jobs well enough that you find Road to be as exhilarating, rich, funny, poignant, and enduring as I do. The Rise and Fall of Little Voice - Winner of: Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy of the Year; Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy directed by Sam Mendes. Road' explores the lives of the people who live in an un-named road, in a deprived, working class area of Lancashire during the Thatcher government - a time of high unemployment in the north of England. The action takes place over the course of one evening as the residents of the road prepare to go out, follows them at the club they go to and then on home afterwards. Despite its explicit nature, it was considered extremely effective in portraying the desperation of people's lives at this time, as well as containing a great deal of humour. A passionate, poetic and positive portrayal of working class life it is often performed on a promenade, allowing the audience to follow the narrator (Scullery) along the road and visit different sets and the different homes of the characters.Road was an instant classic because of the way its kaleidoscopic form allowed for short, sharp insights into the lives of the working classes in the latter days of the Thatcher premiership. It famously took over the Royal Court theatre, ran a disco, transformed the bar into a Lancashire pub, took the audience directly into these people's homes. It's less confrontational now, less intimate. The way it represents these people feels old-fashioned - though it didn't feel like that in the flesh, it's a weird thing. And not all of it works, because it's so episodic some of it can't quite hold the momentum.

The play explores the lives of the people in a deprived, working class area of Lancashire during the government of Margaret Thatcher, a time of high unemployment in the north of England. Despite its explicit nature, it was considered extremely effective in portraying the desperation of people's lives at this time, as well as containing a great deal of humour. Set on a road on a busy night, the audience delve into the houses on the street and the characters' lives. Society was being unravelled’ … Pontypridd in Wales during the miners’ strike. Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Find sources: "Road"play– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( March 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) RAZ - Edinburgh Festival (Winner of Fringe First Award 2015), 2016 Trafalgar Studios, London & Nationwide tour. Directed by Anthony Banks.

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I’d never been to a play where a whole record was played’ … Dan Parr, Michelle Fairley and Shane Zaza, who star in the new production. Photograph: Sarah Weal Tiffany’s production highlights the play’s poetic lyricism in several ways: Scullery does a pas de deux with a shopping trolley to the sounds of Swan Lake, and the whole cast also engage in a climactic ritual that hints at the human potential for happiness.