I went to see The Frontline by Che Walker on Wednesday 28th February at 4:30. I was excited to see it as not only had I heard raving reviews from the first show the week before but I really enjoy gritty contemporary plays set in London.
The play was set in the heart of Camden on a saturday night outside the tube station, the set was wonderful, showing a strip bar, two rivalry food stands, the tube entrance and a christian speaker, the set also had two higher levels, the left showing one of the characters view from his bedroom and the right showing a DJ set where during the preset and interval tunes were being played.
I was overwhelmed how many themes the play touched upon including drugs, sex, money, rivalry, death, parenthood, ageing and religion, it was defiantly chaotic but showed the true life of stereotypes in Camden. I felt so many different emotions throughout this play I was sad, content, angry, joyful and sympathetic all in the space of an hour and a bit. This play doesn't only make you laugh with its vibrant brutality of what people from London are like but makes you feel sad and sorry for the hardship that comes along with their lifestyle.
I found a strong similarity in their play and in ours "13", I found that all the characters were similar to ours in a way because none of the audience liked the characters, none of the characters were truly nice people and all wanted something more in their life like in our play.
I thoroughly enjoyed this play but at times especially during the beginning with the montage of scenes it was difficult to catch everything, the play was too pacey in a way I couldn't gather all the relevant information I needed to understand everything, their was also a lack of projection meaning I couldn't hear at times what some of the actors were saying, but I thought everyone made such excellent distinct character choices and portrayals.
