Lord of the Flies at Lighthouse (From Dorset Echo)

Lord of the Flies at Lighthouse

6:00pm Tuesday 7th February 2012 in Stage By

A PLANE has crashed on an uninhabited island. The only survivors are a group of school boys. There are no homes or schools, no adults, no rules and before long the boys’ fragile sense of order begins to collapse.

With the discovery of ‘the beast’, their games take on a more sinister significance and this once well-behaved group of children quickly turns into a bloodthirsty, murderous tribe.

This is the basic concept of William Golding’s shocking novel Lord of the Flies, a stage adaptation of which comes to Lighthouse in Poole this week.

Performed by Sell a Door Theatre Company on a minimalist stage set and with the voice of Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville recorded for the end scene, it promises to be a tour de force performance of powerful subject matter.

Craig Webb and Matthew Crouzieres play the 10-year-old twins Eric and Sam, two of the youngest boys, who get caught up in a bloody mess of violence and murder.

“It is great subject matter, but it’s hard to put yourself into being a 10-year-old and to get it right, but it is brilliant to play around with,” said Craig.

His on-stage twin is Matthew Crouzieres, playing Sam, who says it is hard to get to grips playing a role that is almost part of a ‘collective’.

Lord of the Flies is at Lighthouse in Poole on February 9 and 10 at 7.30pm, with a 2.30pm Friday matinee. Call 0844 406 8666 for bookings and full details.