The Stage
Neville’s Island
Not as much four men in a boat - rather four men marooned on a foggy Lake District island after a stupid navigation error ends on the rocks with a sinking.

The hapless quartet are on a bonding exercise, and being marooned shouldn’t happen to middle management who are “businessmen from Salford”, to quote their indignation.

Back at the company, they know exactly where they stand regarding board prospects, but facing hunger, the unknown, and sleeping rough strips away their character veneers.

This four-hander is an excellently acted and cast team production and as the second drama bodes well for the Yaller Skunk company’s future. Actors looking for opportunities are finding that forming their own company is an answer.

Mark Curtis and Kevin Watt of this cast formed Yaller Skunk and - what a contrast - the show on completing the Catford run transfers to Dubai for two weeks.

Peter Brad-Leigh, if at times quiet-voiced, catches and holds the eye as the close to madness Roy, who following a breakdown has found religion.
Although having a screw loose, he provides, dressed only in his underpants, the rescue with the help of an angelic white falcon.

Kevin Watt is the self-confident bully Gordon, oozing sarcasm and ridiculous, whose main target is the full-of-doubt Darren Hill, solidly middle-class and unable to say “I love you” to his wife.

And leading the team is Mark Curtis as bearded cliche-ridden psuedo-intellectual Neville, whose contribution to the crisis is “calm down” and French cricket.

Director Rhys McClelland crafts a superb evening, and Georgia Lowe's clever island setting adds to the atmosphere.

Production information
Management: Yaller Skunk Theatre Company
Cast: Kevin Watt, Mark Curtis, Peter Brad-Leigh, Darren Hill