LOVE is all around at Leamington’s Loft Theatre.
Mike Bartlett’s play Love, Love, Love takes on the baby boomer generation as it retires and finds it full of trouble. Does each generation unwittingly disappoint the next?
It’s 1967. Kenneth and Sandra know the world is changing, and they want some of it. Smoking, drinking, affectionate and paranoid, they journey forty years from initial burst to full bloom.
The pair meet, get married, have children, divorce and settle into retirement over the course of the play. We follow their trajectory in three acts that take place in 1967, 1990 and 2011, each capturing a specific moment in family life and British politics.
Their children, on the other hand, bitterly rail against their parents’ irresponsibility and their relaxed, laissez-faire attitude.
The play premiered in a touring production in 2010 with a new production by the Royal Court Theatre in 2012, and has had revivals in London and on Broadway.
Loft director Lynda Lewis said: “Love, Love, Love jumped out at me for its complicated characters, contemporary issues and the interesting format of intense snapshots of a family at twenty-year intervals, with the actors ageing from teenagers to adults. It swings from deeply thought-provoking to very funny, with some cringe-making comments by the Mother from Hell via numerous bottles of wine.”
The production, running from May 6 to 16, features strong language, sexual dialogue, and mature themes.
Visit www.lofttheatrecompany.com for full details.
