Bouncers...

... is a play written around 25 years ago, and is reworked every time it is performed to include whatever pop culture references are current at the time. It's a social commentary about british nightclub culture, told from the viewpoint of the bouncers who stand outside the door. It parodies every kind of clubber, from dizzy girls and boy racers to middle aged desperados...

It also has a serious message, but it never lingers long enough for the play to lose its pace and comic timing. Ultimately it's a bit of everything, with a high energy cast and an amazing performance.

Incidentally the cast of the production at York Theatre Royal includes Nick Figgis, who was in Byker Grove, Mr Jolly for Playdays, (the roundabout stop) and Mathew Kellys son. See if you can spot who's who...

I'm catching a train to Bath soon, to go for my job interview tomorrow in Southampton. Argh!

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