Absolute Beginners
By Roy Williams
Year staged: 2007
Opening night: 03/05/2007
Theatre Company: Fuel Theatre
Staged in: Lyric Hammersmith
Cast Size: 10
Synopsis
Teenagers are blowing away the cobwebs of post-war life – the absolute beginners are creating the world anew. A Vespa-riding young photographer takes a journey through the gritty and glamorous streets of West London chasing the love of his life. But behind the jazz, sex and drugs of the new age lies a simmering cauldron of racial hatred that threatens to ignite at any moment.
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Original Cast
Sid Mitchell
Photo Boy
Micah Balfour
Mr Cool
James Clyde
Henley / Mickey P / Admiral Drove
Tom Stuart
Wiz / Hoplite
David Sibley
Dad / Vendice
Joanne Matthews
Suze
Rachel Sanders
Big Jill / Mum
Darren Hart
Marcus
Richard Frame
Dean Swift / Ed the Ted / Verne
Tosin Olomowewe
Carl / African Student
Production Team
Soweto Kinch
Music
Lizzie Clachan
Designer
Guy Hoare
Lighting
Liam Steel
Director
Nick Manning
Sound
Matt Spencer
Video
Tim Klotz
Fights