The London Spring
2012
The London Spring is set in London in the near future - a London where greed, corruption and economic collapse have left Londoners begging for pennies from wealthy foreigners.
“As a dystopian satire in the tradition of 1984 or A Clockwork Orange, his play has a graphic vividness... The virtue of Beckett's nightmare vision lies in its Orwellian detail and suggestion that the future contains echoes of the present”
— Michael Billington, The Guardian
“An accomplished attempt to address through art the market economics that defines our politics”
— Total Politics
“He takes the big society to its ugly, logical conclusion and asks us whether we like what we see. The results are convincing and unsettling”
- Camden New Journal
“The play invites us to see ourselves as others see us when we visit poor countries in Africa and the Middle East. Before you next travel to such a country, I urge you to see it”
— New Statesman
“The theatrical device of placing Londoners as third-world beggars works marvellously”
— Everything Fringe Theatre
The London Spring ran for three weeks at the Etcetera Theatre, Camden Town, London NW1, beginning on March 6 2012.
For scripts or performance enquiries contact the author at francis@francisbeckett.co.uk.
Photos by Mark Thomas. Top picture: Chloe Welsh and Suzanne Kendall. Lower picture: Mike Duran and Michael Yale.
