MAD BLUD seeks to get to the heart of the escalation in knife crime amongst young people - to tell the authentic stories behind the headlines.
A piece of verbatim theatre based on real people and real situations, MAD BLUD tells the stories we need to hear.
Times:
18th - 21st February: 2pm & 7pm
24th February: 2:15pm
25th - 27th February: 10:30am & 2:15pm
28th February: 7pm
Running Time: 1 hour + a post show discussion at every performance
Performed in our Studio space
THE CAST:
Ayesha Antoine
Sheri-An Davis
Adam Deacon
Michael Maris
Jason Maza
Supported by:
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Every performance of Mad Blud is followed by a discussion of the issues raised
Theatre critic Howard Loxton, wrote the following about the 2008 production of Mad Blud for the British Theatre Guide
"We hear from teenagers - or younger - talking about gangs and black on black crime, a policeman who gives us crime details and how he handles his response, a mother whose daughter has been stabbed, a young woman who has known so many victims that she now refuses to go to funerals, a girl who explains that her frustrated peers either tend towards violence or become obsessed with guys, youths who say you can't be friends with both sides and gangs don't like you being on your own and doing your own things. Five young actors use a technique employing MP3 players: the actual edited recordings being played back to them over earphones to be delivered by them a moment later. What we get here is not self-conscious interviews but people talking from the heart, their words given live immediacy".
"This is not just an animated piece of social research. The performance is a real piece of theatre."
Below is an interview with Mad Blud creator Philip Osment. Originally broadcast on NuSound Radio (interviewer - Pete Day)
Production photography: Johnny Munday
