日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Europe

New UK theater comedy dramatizes Brexit breakups

China Daily | Updated: 2018-10-08 11:08
Share
Share - WeChat
An undated handout picture released by the Union Theatre on October 5, 2018 shows actors during a rehearsal for the play 'People Like Us' by columnist Julie Burchill and novelist Jane Robins. Friends shunned, lovers torn apart and emotions exploding: a new play running in London this month tackles the very personal divisions in British society caused by Brexit. [Photo/VCG]

LONDON - Friends shunned, lovers torn apart and emotions exploding: a new play running in London this month tackles the very personal divisions in British society caused by Brexit.

People Like Us, a tragicomedy by the columnist Julie Burchill and novelist Jane Robins, asks whether it is possible to stay friends with people who hold opposing views.

The play was sparked by what the Brexit-backing writers felt was a social outcasting of Leave voters by more vocal, self-righteous Remainers - particularly in the fervently pro-EU London artsy circles.

"It's what they call projection. Everything they accuse us of, they are: a small, monocultural clique," said Burchill, 59.

"They call us bigots - but they won't listen to us for a second. By projecting all their sins onto us, they are cleansed."

Robins, 60, said she was invited to several Christmas parties in 2016, six months after the Brexit vote - and avoided them all.

"I knew they would all be so miserable. Christmas wakes," she said. "Every single one was going to be Remainers moaning in despair - and they would look at me as the one to be blamed."

Burchill's stinging columns about Remainers' "pathetic petulance" and the social backlash aimed at Leavers chimed with Robins. The two met via a mutual friend - and set about penning a drama.

They found rich inspiration in the aftermath of the referendum.

The vote was bitterly contested and led to relationship breakdowns, friends falling out and even intergenerational conflict between Leave-voting children and Remain-voting parents.

People Like Us centers on five friends in a book group and takes place around the 2016 Brexit referendum.

It features pompous Ralph, his self-righteous French girlfriend Clemence, fence-sitting eternal optimist Will, judgmental minx Stacey and her no-nonsense, wine-guzzling friend Frances.

Ralph, Stacey and Will are old mates from Oxford University. Ralph, Clemence and Will are Remainers, while Stacey and Frances are Leavers.

The setting is Ralph's flat in Islington, the north London epicenter of right-on thinking.

The book group's first monthly meeting takes place just before the Brexit vote and tensions are beginning to stir.

But afterward, divisions surface and emotions boil over. The book group breaks up, each side unable to bear the other's attitude.

The play, which runs until Oct 20 at the 70-seat Union Theater, sold out before it opened - much to the writers' surprise.

Given the Remain-dominated atmosphere in the London arts world, they doubted the play would even get put on - and were prepared to stage it in the backroom of a pub.

Now the writers hope to transfer to a bigger London theater and take the play to the Brexit heartlands.

Robins said: "We really hope that people come who don't generally go to the theater because it's alienating for them."

Agence France - presse

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 99久久免费国产精品 | 久久丁香视频 | 国产 欧美 日韩 一区 | 国产永久在线视频 | 日本道二区视频 | 国产精品久久久久久久久久久久 | 中文字幕日韩欧美一区二区三区 | 人人干人人干人人干 | 成人在线国产 | 国产亚洲一区二区三区在线观看 | 黄网站免费在线 | 久久国产高清 | 蜜桃视频一区 | 欧美成人一区二区三区 | 夜夜爽99久久国产综合精品女不卡 | 亚洲毛片网站 | 一级a级国产不卡毛片 | 精品亚洲永久免费精品 | 久草视频网站 | 国产高清美女一级毛片 | 超碰人人在线 | www久久精品| 国产精品99久久久久久动医院 | www.99热.com| 国产精品成人亚洲一区二区 | 一级特黄女人生活片 | 香港午夜三级a三级高清观看 | 精品一区二区三区久久 | 99亚洲精品色情无码久久 | 日韩一区二区不卡 | 日韩精品区 | 国产精品久久久天天影视香蕉 | 日本AAA片爽快视频 波多在线 | 特黄视频| WWW国产亚洲精品久久久 | 午夜影院在线观看 | 国产男女交性视频播放 | 中文字幕国产一区 | 亚洲av一级毛片特黄大片 | jizzjizz日本人 | 天天色图片 |