The Aliens
When Evan meets professional slackers KJ and Jasper outside a coffee shop in Vermont, he is irresistibly drawn into their world of magic mushrooms, philosophical musings, and great-bands-that-never-were.
The Aliens by Annie Baker was my graduating showcase piece on the MA in Theatre Directing course at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. It opened at the Alma Tavern Theatre in Bristol on the 17th May 2011 and showed for six performances. In July 2011 it transferred to Trafalgar Studios for three performances as part of the Directors' Cuts Season.
Cast and Creative
Jasper - Bart Edwards
KJ - Jack Holden
Evan - Luke Newberry
Designer: Jemima Robinson
Music by John Elliott of The Little Unsaid http://www.thelittleunsaid.com/
Reviews
As impressively gentle a piece of theatre as playgoers could wish for. Men may weep.
★★★★★ Remote Goat
Touching and hilarious. Three fine performances
Bristol Evening Post
Sensitively directed, with a laidback, gently bonhomous tone that effortlessly fanned out into a kaleidoscope of male emotions, and containing three truly exceptional performances
Venue Theatre Review 2011