Seventeen By Matthew Whittet

Directed by Anne-Louise Sarks

A Lyric Hammersmith production in association with Belvoir, Sydney

Saturday 04 March – Saturday 08 April 2017

Press Performance: Tuesday 14 March at 7pm

This spring the Lyric Hammersmith will create a new UK production, which will also be the European premiere, of Seventeen, a play by Matthew Whittet, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks, who directed the first production in Sydney.

Seventeen is set in that time after the end of the last day of school, but just before everyone moves on. It’s about the cusp of adulthood, the cusp of complete change. Sue is Mike’s girlfriend. Tom is Mike’s best friend, but he’s secretly in love with Sue. Edwina is Sue’s goodytwo-shoes best friend and she’s about to get drunk for the first time. Lizzy is Mike’s annoying younger sister. And Ronny, well no-one invited Ronny and no one’s quite sure why he’s there. As dawn approaches, through a fog of cheap beer, dreams are shared, insecurities aired and secrets spilled. Funny, immature, wise and a little bit sad, Seventeen, performed by a cast of septuagenarians, will turn our notions of adulthood and adolescence on their head.

Written by Matthew Whittet, Directed by Anne-Louise Sarks, Designed by Tom Scutt, Lighting Design by Paule Constable, Casting by Amy Ball CDG