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Written, composed and directed by Jude Alderson, it takes an affectionate and scathing look at modern times in the city.
The narrator RIVE, who is as old as the river Thames takes us on a journey where we flit between the street world and its dramas: drug abuse, poverty, begging, scams, love, homelessness, to the world of the over-privileged.
Here, a businessman searches for his vanished daughter with only a pair of her shoes as a token of their life together. City slicker GOLDA, finds loneliness and longing is only resolved through internet sex and a yearning to steal a child.
The anti-hero SCOTTIE, a homeless drunk with a devoted dog DOGGO and a lousy view of himself and the rest of the city, finally commits an act of heroism and discovers love, which changes the path of his life forever.
Comic and poignant narratives are intertwined with evocative and powerful songs, with three outstanding frontline singers:
Lisa Hogg, Micaela León and Eve Polycarpou; plus two fine actors:
Togo Igawa and Jethro Skinner, with pianist Steve Fletcher.
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