Directed by Steve Thompson, Feed The Beast is a ‘fiercely funny’ comedy about an embattled Prime Minister that was coincidentally performed at Forest Community Theatre just days before Keir Starmer resigned, writes Antonia Vlad
Drama Workshop is a local theatre group based in Walthamstow who recently performed a play, Feed The Beast, that foreshadowed the Prime Minister’s resignation.
Directed by Steve Thompson, Feed The Beast is a fiercely funny comedy about politics and press that was performed at Forest Community Theatre between Friday, 19th and Saturday, 21st June.
The play follows a Prime Minister named Michael who refuses to engage with the press and is forced to resign at the end of the play.
Melissa Quinn, a member of Drama Workshop, said: “Bringing people together and seeing how relationships develop between different age groups is why we’re so proud of this organisation.”
Ironically, the day after their final show, Starmer resigned – highlighting the parallels between arts and society.
However, this isn’t the first time the company foreshadowed an important event as such.
Back in February 2020, they performed The Rose of Eyam, a play about the lockdown of a village in the 17th century because of the plague.
We all know what happened only a few weeks later.
When Starmer announced his resignation, the group said “we did it again!”
And in news that will be a relief, Melissa jokingly promises the group “won’t be producing any shows about nuclear bombs anytime soon”.
Drama Workshop started in 1960 as evening classes for local creatives who were juggling other life responsibilities.
For the past 30 years, they’ve been stationed at Forest Community Centre and host three major plays a year.
Their aim is to create theatre that is accessible and affordable for people within the community.
They perform a diverse range of genres including modern plays, political plays, Russian plays, and shows inspired by renowned playwrights including Stoppard and Pinter.
If anyone is interested in joining, the group holds theatre classes on Friday evenings from 7.30pm at Forest Community Theatre, 56 Guildford Road, E17 4EA
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