Obama-ology
by Aurin Squire
London Reviews
★★★★ London Review Hub
★★★★ Everything Theatre (UK)
Warren is a fresh-faced, new wave, thoroughly modern, hot-wired, wifi'ed, ecologically green, politically progressive, on-point staffer for the 2008 Obama campaign. When he agrees to some on-the-job training from a chorus of campaign instructors, the questions he faces out in the field begin to unravel his education in the classroom. As his job...
London Reviews
★★★★ London Review Hub
★★★★ Everything Theatre (UK)
Warren is a fresh-faced, new wave, thoroughly modern, hot-wired, wifi'ed, ecologically green, politically progressive, on-point staffer for the 2008 Obama campaign. When he agrees to some on-the-job training from a chorus of campaign instructors, the questions he faces out in the field begin to unravel his education in the classroom. As his job requirements and his personal beliefs split apart, the barriers between political and cultural, psychological and social, racial and religious, public and private begin to dissolve. "Obama-ology" is a 21st century tale about what happens when the traditional ethnic, social, economic, and party boundaries have become so porous that people are never quite sure with whom or where they stand. All that and it's a comedy too!
Other Reviews
1. The Public Review
★★★★
"a fast flowing production in which comedy, suspense and high emotion are delivered with equal confidence. In all respects, this production is in tune with Squire’s smart and incisive dialogue."
2. The Guardian
★★★
"really entertaining evening" and "entertaining political satire"
3. Everything Theatre
“An exuberant, entertaining, engaging, emotional and amusing performance!”
4. British Theatre Guide
"A resounding success thanks to a lively script that leavens the serious issues with apt humour, a series of gripping episodes and the efforts of a well-drilled and more than capable cast."
5. Review Gate
“See this play. This production. Both are miraculous. The whole piece, so vividly played, might hopefully retain the American Dream. But it does so with a wide-awake sense of reality.”
6. One World
“You leave the theatre entertained and provoked, remembering – if ruefully – that moment in history when those who were there could say with conviction, “Change is possible … I saw the proof.”
7. UK Theatre Network
“Aurin Squire has written a satire with substance - a play that should not be missed.”
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