Oh What a Lovely War at Southwark Playhouse
Oh What A Lovely War with six brilliant performers performing in Pierrot costumes shows that we’ve learned very little since the war to end all wars.
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Oh What A Lovely War with six brilliant performers performing in Pierrot costumes shows that we’ve learned very little since the war to end all wars.
Revolutionising musical theatre when it first premiered in 1963, Joan Littlewood’s Oh What A Lovely War found humour in expressing its anti-war sentiments to songs popular for the period, even garnering a film adaptation directed by Richard Attenborough.
When I began re-reading the original material I instantly felt drawn to a circus backdrop in terms of design and aesthetic. A troop of entertainers, from the Ringmaster to the clowns, coming together to put on a show in a worn-out tent filled with the ammunition needed to put on a touring show, travelling away from home.
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