Brixton Calling
Author(s):
Alex Urwin
Company:
Kick It Anywhere in association with Southwark Playhouse
Running time:
1h 20min approx
Age recommendation:
15+ years
This drama is inspired by Simon Parkes’s bestselling memoir Live at the Brixton Academy, a true story about a 23-year-old outsider who bought a derelict cinema for £1 in 1983, called it The Academy and transformed it into the music venue that changed everything.
Set during a time of complex social and political change, this nostalgic love letter to a place and sound that defined an era is brought to life for the first time on stage just fifteen minutes from where it all happened.