Lord of the Flies - William Golding

23rd-26th July

The Crescent Theatre

"This superb young group goes bravely into battle with William Golding's classic tale of mind-blowing depravity amongst youngsters on an uninhabited island after a plane crash and it is no surprise that is now has another success to add to its long list of triumphs.
 
Not that it is anywhere near uninhabited after the youngsters arrive- nearly 60 of them, in Liz Light's highly populated, busy-busy production that has become Stage 2's trademark.  Excellent lighting effects give merited support to a company that throws itself into the story so enthusiastically, that there are times when the spoken script disappears beneath a cacophonous chorus....
 

Teechers - John Godber

 23rd-26th April

The Crescent Theatre

"Some top class performances and bags of enthusiasm ensure the cast of 100 celebrate Stage2's 20th anniversary in style. From the moment the youngsters swarm through the auditorium and onto the stage, the action is fast and furious as the play is high on humour and no doubt true to life. Drama students Salty (Tom Booth), Gail (Alex Simonet) and Hobby (Samantha Ferrins) are excellent and Ollie Simms impresses as the struggling teacher. Liam McKeown is a convincing school Bully, Oggy Moxon, while the rest of the staff are well represented by Andrew Smith, the cane-weilding Mr Basford, Carly-Jane Hutchinson, the dominating Mrs Parry, Danica Corns as Miss Prime and Annabel Smith, chain smoking Dot the cleaner." Evening Mail