Maidenhead Drama Festival - Bishopstoke Players

10:55am Sat 2nd May 09:: written by Terry Adlam


 

Taking place backstage at a rock concert, Starlover looked at the crumbling relationship between the pretty singer, Magdelena and Jake, the self-obsessed philandering lead guitarist of the band Hard Rain.  It also explored the fragility and constrictions of success in the tenuous and loveless world of Rock music.     

 

Performed by Hampshire-based Bishopstoke Players, this piece centred on Magdelena’s realisation that her love for Jake and dreams of stardom are based more in fantasy than reality.  Ownng to a very well performed portrayal by Kate Robbins, we feel for the disillusioned Magdelena.

 

Supported by a competent cast, this was an equally competent piece of theatre with a sense of ‘work in progress’ about it. My only reservation was that the Jake character was cast far too young and lacked the cynical charisma and destructive drive to be a believable Rock Star, but apart from that, I was thoroughly entertained. 

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