Barnfield Theatre, Wednesday 19th & Friday 21st June, 7.45pm, £8.00
It ain’t over baby ‘til it’s over!!! We have added two last dates for Skin Deep as we can’t bear to hang up our bovver boots just yet! So of you thought you’d missed your chance…..
At the Barnfield Theatre on Wednesday 19th & Friday 21st June you have another chance to see the superb Skin Deep, presented by Substance & Shadow Theatre. Even if you previously saw Skin Deep at the From Devon With Love Festival please note that Skin Deep has been developed and is a little different…….
The year is 1980. Born out of the cultural melting pot of Jamaica, London and Coventry, Ska and Two Tone music is sweeping the nation and has arrived in Exeter! Five lives are touched and entwined forever by Ska music, fashion and culture but friendships are stretched and bonds tested when Jem suddenly returns ‘home’ from London, bringing with him a new identity.
Skin Deep takes the audience on a Double Decker bus ride back to the eighties to experience how subcultures, that evolved in Britain’s major cities, sent a shockwave that reverberated across the UK and touched the hearts and minds of West Country youths. From Kingston via The Kings Road to Sidwell Street, Skin Deep evokes memories of the unique culture of eighties Exeter; the places and the people. It is a celebration of subculture that is comic, tragic and deeply poignant.
Skin Deep explores themes of cultural identity, working class values, race and sexuality in a Devon City set against the volatile backdrop of Thatcher’s Britain. Skin Deep is an original play by Rosie & Midge Mullin and recently sold out The Bike Shed Theatre as part of the From Devon With Love Festival and Ignite Festival 2013.
“Skin Deep really demonstrates the power of language to paint a space in our imaginations.” Exepose Magazine
Skin Deep “…is powerful, unsettling stuff, as relevant today as it was in the 1980s, performed by a strong, confident cast who do full justice to excellent, edgy writing with excellent, edgy performances. There’s not a wasted word, just profound depth and challenge, without compromise…” – Avril Silk – Remote Goat
“I thought the performance was utterly brilliant. Grass roots theatre at it’s greatest. Executed and directed wonderfully and saturated with humour and politics, it’s a real winner for me. I came out of the theatre claiming it had been a life changing experience, to which I still hold true.” – Sally Trivett – Arts Award Magazine
“The small cast from Substance & Shadow Theatre used a basic set and props, four wooden chairs and a few on-stage outfit changes, brilliantly. They never missed a beat and the acting was seamless throughout” – Jenna Richards – Phonic FM