Alistair Beaton - Feelgood

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FEELGOOD
Feelgood by Alistair Beaton
1 JUNE - 18 JUNE
Mixed Salad Productions
41 Wilpena Street
EDEN HILLS
South Australia 5050
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Hurry up, it's a Satire

In a curious moment of symmetry, the original production of Feelgood opened exactly a year to the day after I handed over the script to a producer. This struck me at the time as horribly slow. I had written a topical political comedy, hadn’t I? For months I nagged producers to hurry up, fearing that at any moment the play could be overtaken by events. ‘Faster,’ I shouted, ‘faster!’, like some crazed coachman driving a team of tired nags.

I was politely ignored.

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elgood, the novel is avalaiable

FEELGOOD
Methuen drama
ISBN: 0-413-77144-X
ISBN-13: 978-0413771445

Feelgood Cover Feelgood

* Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy - 2001

* Olivier Award nominated

Written by Alistair Beaton

Alistair Beaton’s satire on modern politics is set on the eve of the Prime Minister’s speech to his party’s annual conference. With public opinion increasingly volatile, there’s panic at the top. This time it’s all got to be perfect.

Sinister and obsessive press secretary Eddie and young speech-writing aid Paul are desperately trying to finalise the finest speech the PM will ever give, as anti-capitalist riots rage in the streets below.

But Eddie’s manipulative skills are to be tested far more by the gradual revelation of a scandal that is so far-reaching that it could keep the party out of power for a generation.

Can the story be killed? Can the investigating journalist – Eddie’s ex-wife! – be bought? And exactly how far will a government go to save itself and come up smelling of roses? German Feelgood programme

“Left me sobbing with laughter”
Benedict Nightingale, The Times.

“The most breathtaking political comedy for seasons, the most valuable sustained political satire for more than a decade.”
Alastair Macauley, Financial Times.

“Beaton is an agile writer, his plot is ingeniously tucked and pleated”
Kate Stratton, Time Out

Creatives:	Cast:
Written by Alistair Beaton Directed by Richard Baron Designer - Edward Lipscomb Sound Design - Jon Beales Lighting - Simon Wilkinson	Will Barton - Paul Jamie Chapman - Simon Hazel Ellerby - Liz Alex Giannini - Eddie Hywel Morgan - DL Granville Saxton - George Rebecca Sarker - Asha

FEELGOOD in Australia 2010

Creatives:	Cast:
Written by Alistair Beaton Director - Richard Cotter Set and Lighting Designer - Tony Youlden	Amy Anderson Jack Fairweather Anthony Hunt Nick Hunter Dave Kirkham Peter Talmacs and Annette Van Roden