Seventeen

(Belvoir St Theatre)

In Belvoir Street Theatre's current offering 'Seventeen' five actors, all aged in their seventies portray seventeen year old students celebrating in a park at night, their final day of schooling. Joy at leaving school behind turns quickly to reflective thoughts of their past relationships and the unknown future.

It is an interesting device to have mature, experienced adults take on the role of teenagers still finding their way into adulthood but the results are a little mixed. The dialogue often seemed to be at odds with the age of the characters and the body language of the performers seemed to range variously from primary age to adulthood.
★★1/2