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Adam Cork,Alecky Blythe

London Road (NHB Modern Plays)

A revolutionary musical, based on the 2006 Ipswich murders, with a book by acclaimed verbatim playwright Alecky Blythe. Named Best Musical at the 2011 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards.
In late 2006 the everyday life of the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women.
The residents of London Road had struggled for years with the soliciting and kerb-crawling that they frequently encountered. As Steve Wright, the occupant of No. 79, was arrested, charged and then convicted of the murders, the immediate community grappled with the media frenzy and what it meant to be at the epicentre of this tragedy.
Playwright Alecky Blythe recorded extensive interviews with the people of Ipswich. Composer Adam Cork's score is a response to the melodic and rhythmic speech patterns captured on those recordings. London Road is an experimental and challenging work which reveals the ways in which even the darkest experiences can engender a greater sense of our mutual dependence.
London Road premiered at the Cottesloe, National Theatre, London, in April 2011.
'an astonishing document about a beleaguered yet resilient community… a startling, magically original success' Evening Standard
'the most genuinely interesting and innovative new musical I've seen for ages' Michael Coveney, WhatsOnStage
77 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
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    Characters

    RON

    WAYNE

    JULIE

    ITN CAMERAMAN

    GORDON

    JASON

    HELEN

    LIDL MAN

    ROSEMARY

    LIDL WOMAN

    TERRY

    HARRY

    JUNE

    POLICEMAN

    JAN

    BBC NEWSREADER

    ALFIE

    CHRIS EAKIN

    DODGE

    WOMAN 1

    ORANGE GIRL

    WOMAN 2

    RADIO TECHIE

    MAN

    RADIO DJ

    PRODUCER 1

    STEPHANIE

    FEMALE REPORTER

    KIRSTY

    MALE REPORTER 1

    KIRSTY’S BOYFRIEND

    SIMON NEWTON

    MARKET STALL HOLDER 1

    SEB

    MARKET STALL HOLDER 2

    ANGLIA NEWSREADER

    MARKET STALL HOLDER 3

    REBECCA

    LEAFLET GIRL 1

    SARAH

    LEAFLET GIRL 2

    NICOLA

    TIM

    KELLY MCCORMACK

    STARBUCKS GIRL 1

    PRODUCER 2

    STARBUCKS GIRL 2

    MALE REPORTER 2

    STELLA

    CAMERAMAN

    OLD LADY

    FIVE NEWSREADER

    CAROL ‘CREAMS’

    MARY NIGHTINGALE

    HECTOR

    WARD COUNCILLOR

    MARK

    CAROL

    WAYNE

    INGA

    GRAHAME

    ALAN

    YOKEL

    CHRIS

    GRAHAME COOPER

    JEAN

    MARK
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