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GRASS

Top Edge’s first show followed poet John Clare on his long walk home after escaping from High Beech Asylum. Modernised and set amid a backdrop of current day unrest, it shows John Clare tortured by his search for a wife he doesn’t have, as he travels towards the one he does.

HAMLET CUT TO THE BONE

Stripped of the side-shows and politics, the raw passions of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy are laid bare. One actor plays the remaining seven parts assisted only by a few basic props and the richness of the text.

THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF PRESIDENT UBU

Adapted for Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi, this production took a satirical look at the Iraq war. Two special agents caper through the desert, disguised as a pantomime camel, in search of Weapons of Mass Delusion, whilst Pa Ubu passes time by torturing prisoners.

W.C.FIELDS: LIGHTLY BOILED

Joining the self-styled Great One in the final day of his life, this production was a bitter-sweet reflection on his successful career and less successful private life.