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Out of Joint, in association with Karl Sydow and Ambassador Theatre Group, present

Some Explicit Polaroids
by Mark Ravenhill

Director Max Stafford-Clark

Designer Julian McGowan

Lighting Johanna Town

Sound Paul Arditti

Original cast: Russell Barr, Nick Dunning, Fritha Goodey, Sally Rogers, David Sibley, Matthew Wait

World Premiere: 30 September 1999, Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds

London Premiere: 12 October 1999, New Ambassadors Theatre

"We've reached 'they all lived happily ever after' and we've gone past it
and we're still carrying on. Nobody's ever written that bit before
but we're doing it. This is the happy world."

After 15 years inside, political activist Nick emerges to find that the old causes of the 80s have become the lost causes of the 90s. As he struggles to get to grips with this new world, he collides with the new generation. Bonded by a love of pills, parties and therapy-speak, Nadia, Tim and Victor take Nick on a search for the happy-ever-after.

Sharp, satirical and pulsating with energy, Some Explicit Polaroids weaves an engaging urban fairytale for today. In an age where political change seems a distant memory, Ravenhill asks ‘how did we get from there to here?’ and ‘where do we go now?’

'Ravenhill has more to say, and says it more refreshingly and wittily than any other playwright of his generation'
Time Out (No.1 Critics’ Choice)

'Provocative, flamboyant and wickedly funny'
FT

‘Impeccable’
The Sunday Times

‘Bright, sharp, funny’
The Guardian