This year’s AS Theatre Studies Drama Production has been
challenging for both participants and audiences. Taking a series of scenes from
Tuesday September 11th 2001 the actors tell not just the story of
the attack on New Yorks’ Twin Towers but also of the difficult ensuing years.
Everett’s Luke Wilkinson takes on several roles but is most
memorable as a member of a Beatles tribute band waiting at the airport with a
most authentic Liverpudlian accent.
Hours of intensive preparation and rehearsal paid dividends
with some tight choreography as the actors frantically race round a chaotic
airport or indulge in frenetic speed-dating as they try to re-build their
lives.
Ultimately a scene in the gift shop at Ground Zero shows how
loss and poignancy endure. Visitors emerge moist eyed after a traumatic tour
which reminds them of those victims who jumped to their death.
