Details

1999 Carlton New Writing Initiative play. A social comedy set against the 1997 General Election Helpless puts the liberal post-war generation under the microscope. Fast approaching fifty and unwilling to grow old gracefully, they are confronted by a new generation who look at them with amused and sometimes bitter scepticism.

Cast/Performers

Art Malik, Ron Cook, Craig Kelly, Charlotte Cornwall, Julie Graham, Rachel Stirling

Creatives/Company

Author: Dusty Hughes
Director: Robin Lefevre
Design: Tom Piper
Lighting: Mick Hughes
Sound: John A Leonard

Helpless

Helpless (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01327835927. Details of all Helpless archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S54518152

Archive Listings

2 Mar 00
to
8 Apr 00

Donmar Warehouse
West End, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

The Times: 11Jan01:
[Dusty Hughes] has the wit and flair to keep what might be a dour evening enjoyably alive.

The Daily Telegraph: 11Jan01:
Compared with the in-your-face work of today s bright young things, [Dusty Hughes] s intelligently constructed, debate-fuelled play seems almost quaintly old-fashioned.

User Reviews

The Times (11Jan01): [Dusty Hughes] has the wit and flair to keep what might be a dour evening enjoyably alive.

The Daily Telegraph (11Jan01): Compared with the in-your-face work of today s bright young things, [Dusty Hughes] s intelligently constructed, debate-fuelled play seems almost quaintly old-fashioned.

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