Drawing on the writer's Middlesborough upbringing and lifelong dedication to Middlesbrough FC, The Boro's 37 Mins explores how its characters' lives reflect the misfortunes of the town, a victim of unemployment and industry closures brought about by Margaret Thatcher's government. The text is former secondary school arts practitioner Alan Spence's first published play.
Despite the title, the play spans 20 years of life in the North East. Cultural references from the 80's and 90's may go over some students' heads but are likely to get laughs from the right audience, where heavy handed modern references are more likely to be met with grimaces.
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