Flesh and Bone.
Shakespearean lyricism meets the ferocious rhythm of an East London estate.
SOHO THEATRE, LONDON · 3 – 21 JULY 2018
ESTATE VERSE · FAMILY · SURVIVAL
What a piece of work is a man.
An East London tower block is scheduled for demolition. Inside it, Terrence, Kelly, Reiss, Jamal and Grandad fight, joke, hustle and hold one another together, each hiding something the others are not supposed to know.
Elliot Warren's play fuses movement, monologue and group vignettes into a fast, physical eighty minutes, its language half Elizabethan verse and half contemporary London street. Made by Unpolished Theatre, it travelled from the Edinburgh Fringe to Adelaide and on to Soho Theatre, presented in association with Eastlake Productions.
- VENUE
- Soho Theatre, London
- RUN
- 3 – 21 July 2018
- RUNNING TIME
- 80 minutes, no interval
- FIRST SEEN
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe · Adelaide Fringe
- PRESENTED BY
- Unpolished Theatre in association with Eastlake Productions
CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND ADULT THEMES
Olivier Award
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Scotsman Fringe First
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Holden Street Theatres Award
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Critics Circle Award
Adelaide Fringe
Overall Best Theatre Award
Adelaide Fringe
The cast.
TERRENCE
Elliot Warren
KELLY
Olivia Brady
REISS
Michael Jinks
JAMAL
Alessandro Babalola
GRANDAD
Nick T Frost
What they said.
“A punchy, high-octane jaunt … part Shakespearean poetry, part Anglo-Saxon filth.”
“Devastatingly eloquent, Elliot Warren's script fuses movement, monologues and group vignettes into a gritty yet Shakespearean explosion of life.”
“A sinuous, focused and muscular piece of drama that enters with the confidence of a boxer who knows the title belt is his.”
“Flesh and Bone gives a voice to post-Grenfell, Brexit, austerity London. It gives a voice to those who would otherwise be unheard.”
“An affectionate, entertaining and unapologetically irreverent tribute to a community that's much more than a caricature.”
WRITTEN BY
Elliot Warren
DIRECTED BY
Elliot Warren · Olivia Brady
COMPANY
Unpolished Theatre
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Eastlake Productions
VENUE
Soho Theatre, London