Six Parties
by William Boyd
Performed by South Thames College
4 July at 8pm
As the title suggests, the action of the play takes place around six parties over a period of a few months. The setting is an African country and the time is contemporary. A group of young people, all in their late teens, two girls, four boys – white and black -- encounter each other at these parties and interact. The dynamics vary – power, sex, fun, patronage, friendship, inebriation, betrayal.
But by the end of the sixth party all the fun and friendship have gone, lines have been drawn in the sand: we know who wields the real power in this group and we know who has genuine strength of character -- and who hasn’t.
Tickets: 1 show £5, or two shows on the same night £8.
The Vikings and Darwin 4 July at 7pm
Meet the New Connections writers at the Platform event on 7 July
Six Parties finished on: 4 July 2009
