"The play is unapologetic...a powerful, whirlwind of a play" - Remote Goat
"A powerhouse play. Fast, funny, moving and f**king marvellous." - Simon Naylor, Artistic Director, 53two Manchester
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"It's everything radical theatre should be." - John Godber, playwright
"So much gob-smacking talent in this company & production." - Matt Wilde, former Associate Director National Theatre Studio
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Written by Will Hammond
WINNER High Sheriff Award for New Writing |
Designed by Kirsty Barlow
WINNER Everyman & Playhouse Prize for Stage Design |
Abbi and Beth want to be Kate and Naomi. Walking the fashion week in Paris or partying with Britpop stars in London. Instead, they’re stuck in a small northern town, incarcerated to pre-fab science labs and cold wet playgrounds.
Teenage friendship is tested in an audacious theatrical production, exploring the boundaries of consent, loyalty and trust when the music stops playing.
Set in the mid 1990s and late 2000s, taking in London and New York, POP’s narrative moves at breakneck speed to a soundtrack of britpop and the backdrop of Blair’s Cool Britannia, from past to present and the contemporary aesthetic of The Face, Vice and ID Magazine.
Teenage friendship is tested in an audacious theatrical production, exploring the boundaries of consent, loyalty and trust when the music stops playing.
Set in the mid 1990s and late 2000s, taking in London and New York, POP’s narrative moves at breakneck speed to a soundtrack of britpop and the backdrop of Blair’s Cool Britannia, from past to present and the contemporary aesthetic of The Face, Vice and ID Magazine.
Unity Theatre Liverpool, April 2019.
Featuring Lauren Foster (Beth) and Katie George (Abbi).
Featuring Lauren Foster (Beth) and Katie George (Abbi).
Photography: Laura Nobel