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Royal Court Theatre, London. Original language. English. Genre. Drama. Official site. Posh is a play by the British playwright Laura Wade. It was first staged at the Royal Court Theatre in April 2010. [1] The play concerns an Oxford University dining club called "The Riot Club", a fictionalised version of the Bullingdon Club.
- April 2010
- Royal Court Theatre, London
- Drama
- Laura Wade
Apr 4, 2017 · Wade’s riotous Oxford students get a gender reversal in a revival of her 2010 play that brims with high camp and swagger. ... Posh follows the unravelling of an evening with the 10-man Riot Club ...
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May 23, 2012 · Posh is a play by Laura Wade that satirises the elitism and excesses of a fictional Oxford dining club, inspired by the notorious Bullingdon Club. In this review, Michael Billington praises the ...
Apr 3, 2010 · The Observer Theatre. This article is more than 14 years old. Laura Wade: the girl in the Tories' soup. Rachel Cooke talks to award-winning Laura Wade about her new play Posh, a sharp portrayal...
Summary. In an oak-panelled room in Oxford, ten young bloods with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule. Members of an elite student dining society, the boys are bunkering down for a wild night of debauchery, decadence and bloody good wine.
In an oak-panelled room in Oxford, ten young bloods with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule. Members of an elite student dining society, the boys are bunkering down for a wild night of debauchery, decadence and bloody good wine. But this isn’t the last huzzah: they’re planning a takeover.
Nov 17, 2022 · Rating - *****Upon hearing that a play called Posh was being put on by Edinburgh students I was apprehensive, thinking Edinburgh — notoriously home to some of the poshest of the posh — was the wrong audience for such a play. However, Theatre Paradok’s decision to produce Laura Wade’s Posh could not have been better. From the cross-gender roles to the immersive viewing experience, Posh ...
