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Thursday, March 3, 2005 13:04
Beautiful Thing
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Beautiful Thing
Beautiful Thing
tinyJonathan Harvey's ambitious coming of age urban fairy tale about two teenagers falling in love for the first time is coming to The Point.
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Beautiful Thing was performed for the first time at the Bush Theatre, London, on 28 July 1993.

Beautiful Thing was also made into a movie starring TV actress Linda Henry.

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Set on an estate during a long, hot summer, the story follows three teenage neighbours; Jamie, Ste and Leah as they make their way through difficult parts of their lives.

Jamie lives with his tough pub manager mother and, as he's bright but introverted is finding it hard to fit in at school. He's bullied and especially hates PE so he regularly skips school.

Ste lives nextdoor to Jamie and is the opposite of Jamie, he's good at sport and fits in with the crowd at school, but his problems are at home, where his drunken father makes his life a misery.

The other member of the trio is Leah a smart but self-hating character who's been thrown out of school and spends her days listening to her idol Mama Cass.

The moving and humorous story takes a subtle but awkward twist as the tension between Ste and Jamie's parents escalates, and they find themselves becoming increasingly attracted to each other.

Jonathan Harvey also penned the BBC's hit sitcom 'Gimme, Gimme, Gimme', so that should give you an indication of the kind of humour to expect.

Beautiful Thing
The Point
Thurs 21st & Fri 22nd April 2005
Box Office 023 80 652333
 
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