The Breakfast Club, Brighton Fringe Review
A sell-out crowd waited in front of the main stage (well, ground floor) which consisted of a number of desks and a view of the suspended walkway with theatre prop: a vandalised locker. Strangely no one outside really noticed that there was a play going on inside. The actors entrance was ordered from the first floor all taking their place as if sitting in for detention and immediately sulked into their own character. The 'Brain' reads out the introduction letter to set the scene: Five high school student stereotypes and their punishment on a Saturday.
Just like film, the actors were no teenagers but all had pinned down their look, attitude and accents very well. To complete the cast were the teacher and janitor characters. The marijuana scene was a little incomplete as the 'Jock' character didn't do his comical, adrenalin run. Slightly shocked they were even smoking at all in a public place but it was a theatrical prop fag. The play had a good pace and some of the action used the library's inside features very well such as the balcony, suspended walkway and lift. All the actors stood out really well, some more comfortable than others. Overall, every line, direction and character was true to the original film.
Cast were:
- Bradley Gardner as John Bender (The Criminal)
- Noah Rutter as Andrew Clark (The Jock) - check out his home-made zombie film
- Elaine Cree as Claire Standish (The Princess)
- Natalie Piper as Allison Reynolds (The Kook)
- Ben Richardson as Brian Johnson (The Brain)
- Andrew Fitzpatrick as Principal Richard Vernon (Argus newspaper article reporting on his suit!)
- James Bates as Carl Reed (Janitor)
- Directed by Jamie Martin
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