Theatre

Peter

Aisling Murphy | Sunday 14 August, 2011 14:22

An ordinary teen from North London, Daniel Lawson, is the younger brother of self-professed miracle man, Peter, the leader of an unconventional Christian community in America. Peter has taken the role of golden child in the Lawson family, leaving Daniel struggling for attention and acceptance in an already confusing phase of his life. Peter, by George Hull could be seen as a coming-of-age piece with the questioning of faith, exploration of sexuality and grieving over a mother’s death, just some of the heavy trails facing the teen.

Set in 2003, Blair’s Britain is ever present ,with issues surrounding Iraq being transmitted over the radio waves, similarly hard hitting issues including pedophilia, racism and death are explored alongside the play’s main themes of sexuality, religion and ultimately truth. As we are led through these stimulating intellectual topics, we can eventually see that the only way for protagonist Daniel to free himself of his burdens will result in the betrayal his own mother on her death bed by unveiling big bro Pete as nothing but a fraud…

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