 Witty, funny, relevant. This new writing poses
the ever-growing question: should some friends be left to Facebook?
It’s not about the friends you keep… it’s about the ones you
leave behind.
When you think
you’ve left your former friends behind, what happens when you’re forced to
endure an evening with people you’d rather just forget?
At this year’s
Edinburgh Fringe festival an exciting new company will be presenting a new piece of
collaborative writing, Twentysomething, about
the dangers of revisiting the past and people that you thought you had left behind.
 The company is formed
of six friends, who decided to write the play after seeing friends move on to new places. The play was written under a pseudonym by members
of the company, who will also star in the play.
When Kate (Rosie Marsh)
returns from a 6 month trip to India she decides to organize a reunion for her and five
other college friends, all of whose lives have moved on in the intervening time. Michael (Adam Colborne), Zoe (Yasmin Shomalzadeh)
and Will (Chris Wickenden) are the only three who remain in the town they grew up in and
have some trepidation about the reunion itself. Returning
to the town from universities, which have now become the focus of their lives, are Patrick
(Jack McMahon) and Jess (Louise Trigg). Throughout
the course of the evening issues which have been simmering for a long time, boil to the
surface – leading to arguments, recriminations and revelations which will shake the
group to the core.
Witty, funny and
relevant. This new, contemporary and accessible piece of writing poses a question which is
more and more relevant: Should some friends just be left to Facebook?
The play will be
performed at The Hive on Niddry Street, Edinburgh from 7th -31st
August with free entry.
College ends, people
drift, but will this impromptu reunion rekindle old friendships, or put old ties to the
test? |
