Royal National Theatre

we have 2 plays by Royal National Theatre in our database . Click on the name of the play to read reviews we have in our database.

• The Shadow of a Boy [ 2002]
  author: Gary Owen
  synopsis:
  The scheduled destruction of Earth alarms 11 year old Luke almost as much as starting at the comp. A moving and original study of a boy and his friend from outer space, from the author of Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco. Luke lives with his Nanna following the death of his parents. Katie wants to initiate him into life at the comprehensive. The Shadow is a character from his comic book. This coming-of-age tale examines modes of parenting and the impact of truth and lies on children's behaviour. The Shadow of a Boy is Gary Owen's second stage play. His first, Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco, toured the UK in Spring 2001
  
  
• Cardiff East [ 1997]
  author: Peter Gill
  synopsis:
  Set in Cardiff's east side, Peter Gill's new play offers a vivid portrait of a community the Tories thought they'd got rid of, and New Labour would prefer to forget. Cardiff East raises essential questions: What is family value? What does it feel like to be an immigrant in your own country? And most importantly, why don't the Welsh reach for the Armalite? Uncompromising and desperately real, with an undercurrent of ironic humour, Cardiff East builds towards an inexorable climax, which combines hope and tragedy in equal parts. The production also played at the New Theatre, Cardiff.