BOUNCERS (REMIX)

1 – 11 MAY, 2024

By John Godber

Main House

Director: Lorna Middleton

“The play’s longevity must partly be explained by the fact that each staging seems less like the production of a play than the re-enactment of some primal ritual. Although the music and some of the references have been updated…..Bouncers survives because the urge to drink, fight and reproduce is never likely to go out of fashion. There is always a rush for tickets, or as in the words of the men in black, you're not getting in.” The Guardian

Originally premiered in 1977, Bouncers, the Remix version, was updated by John Godber in 1991 portraying as much a social commentary as it is an incredibly well written, hilarious comedy It’s Friday night, it’s club night at ‘Mr. Cinders’ – a northern nightclub -

and four brutish bouncers are on the door. The bouncers are both themselves and everyone they meet during a night out at the club.

In this up-dated version we meet giggly girls, lads on the make, pogo-ing punks, and a smooth talking DJ, all set against the tatty, glitzy glamour, flashing lights and pulsating beat of the local night club.

Of the multiple award winning plays by Godber, this is his most performed work, the one that made the National Theatre’s list of the top 100 plays of 20 th century and is now a school set text.

This non-professional production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International on behalf of Josef Weinberger Ltd. www.mtishows.co.uk | www.josef-weinberger.com