Writing down what I think about theatre I've seen in That London, whether I've been asked to or not.
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Thursday, 18 August 2016
Theatre review: The Burnt Part Boys
Not actually about a naked barbecue, The Burnt Part Boys is an American
musical set in a West Virginia coal mining community in 1962. Ten years earlier a
cave-in caused the death of several miners whose bodies were never recovered; the
company promised that the specific area where it happened - now known as the Burnt
Part - would stay closed as a tribute, but they're now going back on their word.
Jake (Tintin Chris Jenkins,) whose father was one of the dead, has followed him into the
job and is now among the first who'll be sent down the reopened tunnels, but when
his 14-year-old brother Pete (Joseph Peacock) finds out about it he sees it as a
desecration of their father's grave. Bringing along his best friend Dusty (Ryan
Heenan) he steals some dynamite and tries to break into the Burnt
Part.
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