The People Next Door
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 30, 2005
Closed May 22, 2005
Opened Apr 30, 2005
Closed May 22, 2005
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This show is part of the Two-Fer Two Weeks Festival.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
If the events of September 11th, 2001 changed everybody's life, someone forgot to tell Nigel. With his X Box, his TV and his spliff, Nigel blissfully continues a life of pure idleness. That is, until a maverick cop on a covert mission puts Nigel back in touch with his estranged brother Karim and into a hot bed of potential terrorist activity at the local mosque. A delectably witty political farce, The People Next Door is about what happens when someone else's global problem becomes your local one.
The People Next Door is written by Henry Adam and directed by Ian Grieve. Presented as part of Brits Off Broadway.
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More Britcom than social satire, The People Next Door has some effective moments of comedy, but the play falls under the weight of its own ambition. Writer Henry Adam's dialogue is made for zingers, not for character development. Director Ian Grieve cues the broad acting for a laugh track rather than for emotional realism. The plot stretches the limits of plausibility, and the social commentary barely pushes the envelope farther than a State of the Union address.
Estranged from his family, young Nigel Brunswick (Ronny Jhutti) lives on the dole that he's collecting for a narcotic-induced psychological condition. Between his drugs, alcohol, and video games, he's blissfully unaware of ma[...]