Daniel Bailey’s fast paced script matches the intensity of a 5 a side football match; the 3 young actors move and play and jest and argue, through the highs and lows of life as young men with their hopes pinned on getting out of “ends” through prowess on the football pitch.
The production is simply spectacular; simply designed leveraging red metal grate to create the cage, then with superbly selected music and simple but effective lighting choices, the world of these characters is apparent from the very first moment, and doesn’t wane. The simplicity of the space and direction allows the dialogue room to live freely, creating relationships between these young men, their world, their aspirations… and the outside factors pressuring them.
This is an absolutely brilliant script which captures the real language and rhythm of the lives of young men in south London perfectly.