Shameless, ruthless and intensely poetic, Apples is a dazzling, tragicomic love story of adolescence. Read more …
Enter the chaotic world of Adam & Eve – it’s a very different Eden where adults are absent and life is both terrifying and thrilling. Eve has tasted every kind of apple. Adam hasn’t tasted anything at all. When two such different people meet, is paradise lost or might it be found?
Newcastle-based Northern Stage and Company of Angels collaborate on a real and beautiful depiction of teenage life in the 21st century.
Very strong language with sexual and violent content.
It's shocking stuff, but it never feels gratuitous.
It's very well done, but a bit too pleased with itself.
An unflinching tale
Played with fresh-faced vim by [its] youthful cast.
the language is ear-singeingly explicit.
A rollercoaster ride through adolescence in all its frantic, anxious, smeary, glittering glory.
Lines of nonchalant brutality are delivered with a wink or a shrug.
This intelligent production rises far above the run of the mill kitchen sink dramas we have grown numbed to over the years.
Richard Milward's text breaks no new ground in the genre, but leads Therase Neve and Scott Turnbull bring compelling performances to the piece.
Scott Turnbull as Adam and Therase Neve as Eve are charming as lost souls looking for each other.
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday August 10, 2010, until Saturday August 28, 2010. Performance is at St Stephens in Stockbridge. Check the Traverse website for times and prices.. More info: www.traverse.co.uk