Twenty Today

Run Date: 31/08/22 - 02/09/22.

Venue: The King's Arms, Salford.

 

Description: What does being twenty bring?

 

For Pete Clapton, his teenage years were as free from worry as they should be. For his whole life, he’s lived in the same city, same apartment. Ever since his parents passed away, it’s been just him and his Aunt Holly, on whom the family legacy lies, a confident role model for Pete and a big partier and traveller in her day.

 

On the eve of his twentieth birthday, and the eve of a big interview that could take him out of his hometown forever, Pete reflects on the death of his parents and worries if he has the strength to leave it all behind somewhere new. As the teenager prepares for his party, he finds his friends are in the same position. 

 

When the party’s over, and all the boys are finally twenty, they feel their individual stories drawing their focus away from home, and towards the rest of the world. When home’s your whole world, what do you turn to when you leave?

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Twenty Today was the debut coming-of-age play of Sebastian Gardiner and directed by Adam Cachia. It the stage cast consisted of Joseph Harding as Pete Clapton, Solaya Sang as Holly 'Dave' Clapton, Joshua Chadwick as Mike Leyton IV and Lee Pyrah as Laurie Highbury. The voiceover cast included Sophie Krywald as Ellie Styles, Henry Clayton as Mike Sr. and Sarah Kate Ford as Olivia Leyton.