The Time of Your Life

'The Time of Your Life' . . . is described as 'the striking new review show' from Riding Lights Theatre Co. It is actually performed by the Riding Lights Roughshod Company, which is one of two Community Theatre Groups run by the company with the aim of taking life theatre into every type of venue including prisons, schools and community centres.

'The Time of Your Life' is a series of quick-fire sketches performed by four actors in a masterly way. Opening with a hilarious (and very accurate!!) family day out at Alton Towers, the first half took us through a series of punchy, funny, but also challenging sketches mainly about . . . the various times of your life. A discussion about the big bang, a striking piece comparing our preparations and expectations for birth, marriage and death, and a prodigal child from a Glasgow housing estate. Never a dull moment.

In the second half more of the sketches had Biblical origins, and they, too, were imaginatively and entertainingly written and performed. I found the sketch about the dying thief at the gates of heaven particularly profound, and I was really struck in a new way by the wonder of his last gasp rescue.

I would recommend it for any one of any age. I took members of a youth group, and we all found it brilliantly entertaining, and came away with plenty to think about and talk about. If it comes anywhere near you - don't miss it, and better still, take a friend or ten.

Further information from the Riding Lights Theatre Company, Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate, York YO1 9SL (01904 655317).

Ian Parker

© Evangelicals Now - May 2000
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