Teechers by John Godber
Teechers, a comedy for anyone who’s ever been to school.
Mr Nixon, the new drama teacher, arrives to find that life at Whitewall High School will be a massive challenge. Cynical staff, a fanatical head teacher and disobedient students all combine in a blur of quick-witted and loveable characters with all twenty-one parts played by only three actors. Can Nixon and his students manage to make it to the end of term with their sanity intact? Are the school leavers prepared for the ‘real world’? Will Mrs Parry ever perfect The Mikado? Join Salty, Gail and Hobby in Teechers, a truly hilarious comedy, written by one of Britain’s most popular playwrights.
Teechers was performed at The Henley Rugby Club, Monday 19th - Saturday 24th July at 7:00pm
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Review of Teechers in the Henley Standard -
Schooldays: the best years of your life according to some idiot who must have peaked in his teens.
Not if you're sixteen, spilling over with hormones, in a sink school on a sunk estate. That's the recipe for John Godber's Teechers (sic) from the admirable FalconGrange Productions.
Godber wrote the piece in 1987 but things haven't changed. And FalconGrange, in the forms of Yvie Magee, Daniel Creasey and Lara Lemon, apply their exceptional energy, talent and skill to these ingredients to come up with a pacey comedy.
Every laugh hides a tear. We giggle at illiteracy, innumeracy and sexual frustration - what else can we do? Only cry!
Godber's style is to write in a series of short but linked sketches with a multitude of characters. This requires immense concentration and versatility from the actors and the director, Redvers Lawson, has drilled them well.
The cast is always convincing and invested in the character no matter how short-lived they may be in a scene.
This is another triumph from FalconGrange Productions who have become a Must-see at the Henley Fringe.
Teechers is at Henley Rugby Club all week.
Mike Rowbottom
Cast -
Gail - Yvie Magee
Hobby - Lara Lemon
Salty - Daniel Creasey
Directed by Redvers Lawson