Synopsis
Turning Over
Published by AmberLane Press
5 Male 2 Female
"...Turning Over is a waspish, revealing and uproariously funny account of the making of a BBC documentary about a hill station in India ... Thompson has a nice line in poisonous insults and captures all the tension, anxiety, and spite of the fractious crew. He also finds plenty of comic mileage in the technicalities of filming" ~ Charles Spencer, Standard
"...a wickedly funny picture of life the wrong side of the camera lens ... the play brings us a wonderfully observed gallery of telly-folk in action..." ~ Ann McFerran, Time Out
"[In his] excellent new play ... Mr Thompson, who knows his stuff, skilfully interweaves two different kinds of cultural conflict: one between the English intruders and the Indian residents, and the other between the image-hungry, technocratic TV director and his urbane, children's novelist presenter" ~ Michael Billington, The Guardian
"...hilarious accuracy ... a knowing and knowledgeable play" ~ John Barber, Daily Telegraph