Review: F**k Off, Bread and Roses Theatre - real live theatre for the first time in 5 months
28/08/2020
I sat in a theatre and watched actors performing on a stage this week for the first time since the beginning of March. It was wonderful and strange and made me realise how the pandemic has changed the experience.
The play was called F**k Off, at the Bread and Roses pub theatre in Clapham. Kudos to Integrity Theatre for taking the gamble and planning the production without knowing if live performance would be allowed.
Henry (Michael Dunbar) is the protagonist of the piece; a boxer trying to make a comeback, training hard and trying to get his head in the right space.
A win in the ring would mean money and opportunities.
Complicated life
But outside of the ring, it is complicated. His ex has moved on, there is a court case, an absent father who wants to get back in touch and a trainer who has a dodgy side-hustle.
All good threads for creating tension and drama in Henry's story, shaping the character, except they leave more questions than they answer.