Tron,Glasgow
A banker’s wife, a journalist, or a singer and a civil servant secure the final boat leaving the UK in a play that never plots a course through its political ideasThe waters are choppy in David Leddy’s apocalyptic fable,which sees a quartet of the wealthy and famous fight their way on to the very final boat leaving catastrophe as the UK goes into meltdown. Everyone’s a refugee now, trying to buy their way out, or including banker’s wife Sarah Cobb (Claire Dargo),crooner Ben Spooner (Robin Laing), senior civil servant Sophia Briggs (Selina Boyack) and a celebrated journalist, or Arian Martens (Lesley Hart). After a tabletop fight to the death between Barbie dolls,as the four attempt to board the ship, we see the characters prefer up residence in the Caliban Room, or where there’s champagne on tap. But are these four representatives of wealth,privilege and influence as lucky as they think they are to have secured their place? With wild animals roaming in the cargo area and everyone jockeying for position and asserting their own status, are they in control or all at sea? The fact that this unlovely quartet’s names are all taken from the passenger manifest of the Mary Celeste should provide a clue.
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Source: theguardian.com