THE FISHERMEN (New Perspectives/Radio 3)***

 

By Cal 

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sqxq 

Available until: 4^th May 2021

The radio play The Fishermen is based on the play of that name by Gbolahan Obisesan which is based on the book of that name by Chigozie Obioma. The play was staged by New Perspectives Theatre Company and then had a run in London at the Trafalgar Studios. Recently, the cast was reunited and a new production was produced for Radio 3. I understand some changes were made for the radio audience, but these were minimal and I think they were made more to clarify the story rather than to alter it.

LOVE DOWN THE LINE (New Perspectives)*****

  

By Sophie

Link: https://www.newperspectives.co.uk/?idno=1168&s=87

Available until: Sadly, this is sold out but as the run has proved so popular, perhaps it might be extended. Especially now all the good reviews are coming out.

Love Down the Line is a special Valentine’s Day experience devised by New Perspectives. Everyone who books a play receives a phone call from one of the two actors involved in the project, Sophia Hatfield and Ollie Smith. 

THE BOSS OF IT ALL (New Perspectives TV/Soho Theatre)***

 

By Aashiq

Link: https://sohotheatre.com/shows/the-boss-of-it-all/ £12, age recommendation 14+

Available until: Shows on Sunday at 4pm and 8pm

I’ve never worked in an office. I doubt I’d last five minutes. I don’t really know what goes on in offices, but it sounds really stressful and confusing with all those forms and files and having to be horrible to everyone who phones up with perfectly reasonable questions and thinking up creative reasons why everything is the caller’s fault and not theirs. Though actually, I really like being creative and I’ve definitely said things in my career that aren’t true. Like when I claimed I’d been in a plane crash; when I pretended to be blind; when I sold my brother as a slave and told my dad he’d been killed by a homicidal goat… honestly, the things these playwrights make us say!