SPAIN’S age of austerity has inspired a new play in the UK.
Young, attractive graduate Sofia has landed herself a well-paid job – despite unemployment of nearly 25% – as the PA to a leading banker.
Alexandra Wood’s ‘darkly funny’ two-hander – called Merit – is based on the world’s of rich and poor in Spain, and a girl trapped between them.
“In these times of financial chaos, the bankers are getting filthy rich whilst others are left unable to support their families. A storm is brewing, people are desperate – just what will they be driven to? Suicide? Murder?” reads the play’s publicity.
“This is a war, us against them, the rich, the greedy: the ones that got us into this mess.”
Merit, which played at the Drum Theatre in Plymouth, ran until February 14.
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- ‘Giving light’ and tile-painting in Triana - 10 Apr, 2015 @ 15:47
- Taking my mind off the end of Semana Santa - 6 Apr, 2015 @ 15:53
- Sinners in spiky hats - 2 Apr, 2015 @ 09:01
- The suspense is growing for Semana Santa - 29 Mar, 2015 @ 10:48
- A Mesquita and a mosquito - 23 Mar, 2015 @ 19:58
- Just the weather for a solar eclipse - 20 Mar, 2015 @ 18:51
- A Roman market and St Patrick’s Day in Sevilla - 18 Mar, 2015 @ 15:30
- The Spanish sorting hat of doom - 14 Mar, 2015 @ 11:05
