Rendering 7

    The article named Three Birds, Bush Theatre was published by Dominic Cavendish on the 26 of March. It was published on the site http://www.telegraph.co.uk. 
     The author shares his emotions and thoughts about this play. Three Birds by Janice Okoh, newly transferred from the Manchester Royal Exchange to the Bush in London, and the winner of the 2011 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, the finest, most democratic playwriting competition in the country. 
     The author gives the Congratulations to relative newcomer Okoh for scooping the prize that year, but he also added that he  can’t believe there isn’t someone out there who couldn’t craft a more compelling evening’s entertainment given the times we’re living through.
     The author of this article gives us a brief summary of this play. Set in a South London council flat, Three Birds concerns three black siblings – Tiana, 16, Tionne, 13, and Tanika, nine – whose mother has seemingly flown the nest, leaving her brood to run away with the fairies. An atmosphere of gathering desperation and strangeness prevails as the rankest of smells takes hold – a problem not simply attributable to the fact that bath-time has become a thing of the past. The youngsters’ bickering backchat – which floats just above street-level in terms of sense – is set against the cuckoo interventions of two white characters: a dodgy, manic local fixer called Dr Feelgood and one of the trio’s teachers, Ms Jenkins, who likes to draw children out of themselves using a sock-puppet called Mr Mistoffelees.
     He noticed the disadvantages of this play. There’s a lack of plausibility here that goes beyond the fact that the capable principal actors – Michaela Coel, Jahvel Hall and Susan Wokoma – look way older than the roles they’re playing. 
     As for his opinion I can surely say whether he liked it or not. Because in the end of the article he says «Still, who am I to complain at the show’s shortcomings? If I can do better, I should have a go myself, right? Entries for this year’s comp close in June.»