The Removal Service livestreaming from Maltings Theatre
March 14, 2021 Last updated:
March 14, 2021
The ever-inventive Maltings Theatre, St Albans has decided that, Covid or not, it will livestream three productions during March, one of which,
The Removal Service, is not only a new play but the first professionally staged play written by Alice Briganti and Will Pattle, who is also one of the cast members. The Removal Service photo by Elliott Franks
The director, Luke Adamson, says that when he first read the script he “
laughed out loud… hated and loved the characters in equal measure” and indeed in performance it proves to be a remarkable piece of writing even for more experienced authors. It flows smoothly, has plenty of variety and action and the characters are true to life and believable, even if perhaps there is some unnecessary strong language! The play deserves to be much more widely seen than this production and one hopes that, post-Lockdown, it will transfer