Lantern Writers: Boss New Plays – Royal Court Studio, Liverpool
The Lantern Writers originally formed in 2011 is one of Liverpool’s foremost creative playwriting groups. The group was established to showcase the writing talents of local creatives and to give the important opportunity for their individual works to come alive on the stage.
Boss New Plays is an annual festival of short plays written by members of the Lantern Writers and its always exciting to welcome new works to the stage.
Tonight’s performance (part one of two) featured four plays.
Love Target is written by Mark Davoren and directed by Alex Carr. This black comedy centres around a blind date that clashes with a planned euthanasia “date” – in fact, all a case of mistaken identities.
It’s an interesting and unusual farce which allows the actors to exercise their considerable c...