Rent – 53two
Set in New York’s East Village, Rent follows a group of young artists and friends as they deal with love, friendship, poverty and illness. The characters struggle to balance their creative ambitions and relationships with the realities of their financial pressures, housing insecurity and the impact of HIV/AIDS on their community. As time passes and their circumstances change, tensions grow between their personal choices, responsibilities, relationships and ideas about how they want to live.
The themes at the heart of Rent are particularly significant when you consider the story behind the show itself. Jonathan Larson drew on the realities of the world around him when writing the musical, exploring HIV/AIDS, poverty, addiction, relationships and loss at a time whe...