The Permanent Way

“Members of ‘Birmingham’s critically acclaimed Stage2’ portray the passengers, politicians, executives, experts, decision makers, rail workers, survivors and bereaved in this powerful and perceptive play.”
(Taken from CrescentScene issue 9)

“In July 2009 a new production of this play will be performed by Stage2 Youth Theatre. We aim to take the words and descriptions of each of the crashes and bring them to life in a variety of striking and dynamic ways. The words of this powerful play paint pictures of the devastation caused at each of these crashes and we aim to illuminate the views and feelings of the survivors by showing their memories, through movement pieces that intersperse the text seamlesly, giving an extra dimension to the piece.

”Stage2 members have many different skills to bring to this production so we have interwoven animation, projection, music and a moving set to this show to really keep a contemporary edge on this play. This allows any audience to latch onto specific elements within the production and also offers a fantastic learning opportunity to our members and audience who might be studying theatre or the performing arts, giving them lots to write about and discuss."
(Written by Lucy Bailey, Director, in The Permanent Way programme)

Cast & Crew

Cast

Observations

1. On 1^st January 2010 at 10:10 p.m., Deborah noted:

   This was an absolutely stunning production. It was the first Stage2 production I’d seen, and I didn’t know that anything about the play or Stage2 when I arrived. I was absolutely blown away by the quality of the acting, and spent most of the play on the verge of tears. Keep an eye on these actors, they’re going to go on to big things!

   I don’t know whether the line from the Managing Director of Rail Track (played by Alex Pugh), saying that after problems at Rail Track he was “parachuted into Woolworths” was an original line or not, but it was absolutely hilarious given the current climate and the context within the play!

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