"…Theatre Enigma return to the Netherbow with their simple but powerful staging of this much praised 1986 play by former squaddie Jonathan Lewis…Keith Hutcheon’s intense production draws a memorable ensemble performance…fine cast of Scottish based actors without a single weak link…"

Joyce McMillan THE SCOTSMAN

Critics Choice

THE SCOTSMAN, THE HERALD, THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

1984. Five young soldiers, among them veterans of the troubles in Northern Ireland and the Hyde Park bombing who are killing nothing but time in a Military hospital with TV, games, pornography and cynical humour as their only means of mental escape. Tensions arise however when a young officer is billeted with them………and then the fighting really starts. Fired by the author’s anger at the Army’s neglect of its wounded heroes ‘Our Boys’ is explosively funny, perceptive and surprisingly tender. It won the Best Fringe Play Award from The Writers’ Guild for its author Jonathan Lewis.

Theatre Enigma presented the Scottish Premiere of Our Boys by Jonathan Lewis to critical acclaim at the Netherbow Theatre Edinburgh on 13 - 16 November 2002 and due to public demand returned on February  27 until 1 March 2003. Back >>

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