The Invent Theatre Group will be bringing their latest production to the Quay Arts Centre on Saturday night.
The Button Box tells the story of three brothers, a mysterious traveller, an accordion, a terrible fire, a wonky table, a hot summer, fresh coffee, church bells, a peculiar book shop and spaghetti. Not to mention some terrible jokes, a piano, a broken radio, a secret letter and an unhappy choir.
The play will be premiered at Quay Arts and then tour around the Island at smaller venues (details to follow shortly) ending with the final show at Trinity Theatre in Cowes on 18 July.
The Invent Theatre Group is made up entirely of young people aged between 14-19, with a handful of adults on the Executive Board.
As with The Bench in the Park and The Asphodel Fields, 19 year old Ventnorian, Jack Whitewood has written and directed the play and 15 year old Annie Leonard is responsible for all the photography.
What’s it about?
The play follows three brothers who are brought up by a rather eccentric spaghetti loving mother.
The middle child, Benjamin Teak, soon meets, though perhaps not by coincidence, a traveller and as time goes by they decide to open a book shop to sell their stories. The books they sell however are not the works of Dickens or Shakespeare but works by themselves about the characters around them. What starts of as a little bit of fun soon becomes their undoing as they learn more about storytelling then they could ever have dreamed of.
Tickets for the production are just £5 and selling fast, so give Quay Arts a call on 822490 to book yours asap.
The quality of the Invent Theatre Group productions have always been incredible, so this is one definitely not to miss.
Oh and as usual, don’t forget to say where you heard about it
