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Best of Enemies – Altrincham Garrick Playhouse

24May

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Best of Enemies – Altrincham Garrick Playhouse

The latest National Theatre Live production arrives at the Altrincham Garrick Playhouse on Sunday 28th May and it’s a real political powerhouse, with stunning central performances from two superb actors at the top of their game. ‘Best of Enemies’ comes from the pen of James Graham, the prolific talent behind This House, Ink and Labour of Love, productions which manage to dramatise recent political British history in an entertaining and illuminating manner. Mining a similar seam to Peter Morgan in the Netflix smash ‘The Crown’, Graham takes real political events (Lib/Lab pact, Rupert Murdoch’s purchase of The Sun newspaper) and turns tinder dry history into unmissable drama. For his most recent success, filmed at the Noel Coward Theatre early in 2023, Graham has crossed the Atlantic and ...

Best of Enemies – Noel Coward Theatre

It is 1968 in the United States of America. The elections are approaching, ABC news trails behind NBC and CBS. To catch up with the competition, they setup an experimental debate between Gore Vidal, a left-wing writer and William Buckley, a pamphleteer for the Conservatives; in one of a kind prime time show. The conflict is simple. Conservatives goes against Libertarianism. (And we can never get enough of it). ‘Which country do you belong to?’ The right or the left? Democratic or Republican? The incorrect question is the backbone of the conflict. It simply assumes the answer has to be an either, or. Throughout the play, one kept wondering what happens if a citizen chooses neither, nor? Or what happens to the subjective benefits and failures that come with choosing one and vice versa. Du...

Best of Enemies – Young Vic

Travelling back to 1968, we are thrown of where to look. Television screens dotted in all directors, visual designs bringing the floor to life and a sudden influx of the famous figures who used to run America’s screens. This incredibly insightful, heated performance of America’s leading news channels battling out to pull in the most viewers, follows the ABC network trying out a new form of entertainment: putting opposite political views together and discussing. Where this may be a very popular and everyday occurrence for this day and age, we see how this now, almost obsessive form of television was brought to life. In particular we follow William F Buckley, a conservative popular figure battle it out with the Liberal, ‘Gore Vidal’ as they discuss the upcoming election. Through these cun...