London Road
by Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork
Performed by BA (Hons) Acting (Musical Theatre)
Designed & produced by BA (Hons) Theatre Practice
Placement with MA/MFA Movement: Directing & Teaching
In late 2006, Steven Wright murdered five women. London Road is a verbatim musical that centres the serial killer’s neighbours: the residents of London Road, Ipswich. Using the exact words, rhythms, and intonations of interviews with members of the community, playwright Alecky Blythe and composer Adam Cork present a forensic account of how a group of ‘ordinary’ people experience the horror and frenzy of a high-profile crime.
In director Julia Locascio’s production, the operatic and the hyper-real meet in the intricately woven voices of the BA (Hons) Acting Musical Theatre students and the cinematic detail of the BA (Hons) Theatre Practice designers and technicians.
By arrangement with Nick Hern Books.
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Play description
London Road documents the real-life events of autumn 2006, when the everyday life of the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women.
Adam Cork’s music uses the melodic speech patterns captured on playwright Alecky Blythe’s extensive recorded interviews with the people of Ipswich to create this extraordinary new work.
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