East (1999)

6.0/10 115 min Music

Overview

East is a 1975 verse play by Steven Berkoff, dealing with growing up and rites of passage in London's rough East End. The play was premiered at the Edinburgh Festival at the Traverse in 1975. The 25th anniversary production, produced by Steven Berkoff's East Productions and Marc Sinden and starring Tanya Franks, started at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley. The tour included the Edinburgh Festival and the Théâtre de Silvia Monfort, Paris. It opened at London's Vaudeville Theatre on 15 November 1999 where the DVD of the production was filmed in front of a live audience.

Cast

Christopher Middleton

Tanya Franks

Recommendations

Too Late Blues
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Hounddog
Suburbia
Honey: Rise Up and Dance
Black Is King
Shakira In Concert: El Dorado World Tour
O'Dessa
Mo' Better Blues
Cadillac Records
High Strung
Coda
CBGB
Beats
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
A Time for Dancing
Yentl
Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tour
10,000 Saints
Hellzapoppin'