Brixton Calling

This unusual play by Alex Urwin is based upon Simon Parkes’s memoir Live at the Brixton Academy, in which he traces the mad journey that would ensue after the then 23-year-old bought the derelict building that would become Brixton Academy for just £1. It’s a somewhat strange fit for a play and there’s obviously the danger of it coming across as rather hagiographic. But certainly it sounds like it has the potential to be a lot of fun. Bronagh Lagan directs.