Monday, October 14

Tag: Matt Wakeford

Shut Up, and Drive! – Lion & Unicorn Theatre
London

Shut Up, and Drive! – Lion & Unicorn Theatre

Sitting your driving test is a very nerve-wracking experience and as most people today tend to learn to drive, this play will resonate.  Robert Jones (Garth Oates) is sitting in the reception of the driving test centre with his driving instructor Kelly Preslie (Jemma Carlton), waiting to take his driving test.  He is nervous and his instructor is not helping to calm him down with her inappropriate comments.  John, the examiner (Phil Broomhead) breezes in to take him for his test and its all good so far.  Rob visibly relaxes and he chats to the examiner, maybe relaxing a little too much.  All of a sudden, he does an unscheduled emergency stop, as a man is standing in front of the car pointing a pistol at them and tells them to get out.  At this point Rob has...