Posh - Duke of York's Theatre
Pro reviewers average
2013-06-19
In an oak-panelled room in Oxford, ten young bloods with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule. Members of an elite student dining society, the boys are bunkering down for a wild night of debauchery, decaden...
In an oak-panelled room in Oxford, ten young bloods with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule. Members of an elite student dining society, the boys are bunkering down for a wild night of debauchery, decadence and bloody good wine. But this isn't just a jolly: they're planning a revolution. Welcome to the Riot Club.Written by Laura Wade, a graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme whose play Breathing Corpses, won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright, the Pearson Playwrights Best Play Award, the George Devine Award and an Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. Posh is currently being adapted into a feature film for Blueprint Pictures.
Show Details
| Running dates | from May 11 2012 to Aug 4 2012 |
| Theatre | Duke of York's Theatre |
| Pro Average | |
| Peer Average | |
| My Rating | Review This Show |
| Cheapest ticket | £15 |
| Most expensive ticket | £75 |
| Paul Taylor (The Independent) | Full Review | |
| Michael Coveney (What's on Stage, Independent) | Full Review | |
| Henry Hitchings (Evening Standard) | Full Review | |
| Dominic Maxwell (The Times) | Full Review | |
| Charles Spencer (The Telegraph) | Full Review | |
| Michael Billington (The Guardian) | Full Review | |
| Sarah Hemming (Financial Times) | Full Review | |
| Time Out (Other reviewers) | Full Review | |
| West End Whingers | Full Review |
| Mary Tapper | ||
| The Red Queen | ||
Overview, Cast and Creatives
| Genre | Drama | |
| Synopsis | ||
In an oak-panelled room in Oxford, ten young bloods with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule. Members of an elite student dining society, the boys are bunkering down for a wild night of debauchery, decadence and bloody good wine. But this isn't just a jolly: they're planning a revolution. Welcome to the Riot Club. Written by Laura Wade, a graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme whose play Breathing Corpses, won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright, the Pearson Playwrights Best Play Award, the George Devine Award and an Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. Posh is currently being adapted into a feature film for Blueprint Pictures. |
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| Author | Laura Wade | |
| Director | Lyndsey Turner | |
| Featured Actors/Actresses | Max Bennett | |
| Leo Bill | ||
| Pip Carter | ||
| Jolyon Coy | ||
| Richard Goulding | ||
| Edward Killingback | ||
| Harry Lister Smith | ||
| Henry Lloyd-Hughes | ||
| Charlotte Lucas | ||
| Joshua Mcguire | ||
| Tom Mison | ||
| Jessica Ransom | ||
| Steffan Rhodri | ||
| Simon Shepherd | ||
| Designer | Anthony Ward | |
| Lighting Designer | Charles Balfour | |
| Sound | David McSeveney | |