Ditch

I saw Ditch tonight at the Old Vic Tunnels in the Southbank area. The Old Vic Tunnels are by far the coolest venue I've ever seen. The tunnels are tunnels 228-232 beneath the Waterloo Station and have been converted into a full theatre with a bar and a huge art exhibit related to the show. Though the theatre was great, Ditch itself was just so-so. The show was written by Beth Steel who I'm not familiar with, but there were a lot of holes in the script. The story was set in the near future in England where a military regime has taken over the entire state. The cast consists of four members of the "security" force who try to catch illegals on the countryside and two women who are sort of refugees with them. The lighting and tech were great, but some of the cast members had really thick accents and were a bit hard to understand. One of the tunnels outside of the theatre that connected to the street was completely covered in graffiti that was a block and a half long and so awesome. What was really cool though was having the chance to hang out with cast members at the bar next store afterward. One of the guys in the cast graduated from LAMDA last August and is starting to film an HBO series in two weeks. I also met a guy in a Blackhawks jersey at the play who apparently grew up on the South Side of Chicago too.

Some of the art outside the show

One of the exhibits inside the tunnels outside of the actual auditorium.

The theatre itself. Very cool.

Enjoy the weekend! Up next, Macbeth at the Globe and hopefully a dubstep show.