The Graduate

Those of us above a certain age will remember this as a major movie starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katherine Ross and later became a stage play in the West End and on Broadway.

Blue Dye Productions have taken this and are performing it as part of the Fringe 2008 programme and somehow manage to get all the action and most of the story condensed into an hour in a far from ideal acting space.

Following his graduation Benjamin Braddock, Gareth White, is having to suffer a homecoming party thrown by his parents Frank and Olive. Hal and Judith Robinson, his parent’s business partner are there and culminating in Ben taking Mrs Robinson, Elle Sawyer home they commence an affair.

Throw into the mix Elaine, the Robinson’s daughter who is set up by her father to go on dates with Ben and the storyline gets even more complicated and this leads to revelations that cause ructions.

This is a fine play, superb performance from this young company, and how Kate Shenton the director managed to get all the action to take place in the available space I’ll never know

****

Geoff

Fringe Programme Page No

P 202

Company

NA

Venue Name and Number

Rocket @ Roxy Art House V 115

Dates and Times

11 to 23 August (not 17)  15.30  to 16.30

Comedy 2008

Music 2008

Others 2008

Theatre 2008

Musicals 2008

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