In fact, I know I�m not, because the production at the Northcott Theatre has been sold out for the whole of its all too short 2 week run.
It is a community play in the true sense of the term. By the community, about the community, for the community.
The biggest production ever staged at the Northcott, it revolves around the life of a family from Exeter�s west quarter over several generations.
Matthew Miller, the central character, was the son of an unmarried Exeter singer abandoned at birth on the door of St Mary�s Steps church in the 1930s.
The driving of Western Way through the lower West Quarter is transposed to the modern day with the elderly Matthew Miller among those residents facing forced removal to make way for the road.
All human emotions are thread through the story as are a number of Exeter�s most important historical events and landmarks.
The superb acting, all by local amateurs, is complimented by wonderful singing and dancing to the favourite tunes from each era. It was extremely difficult to stay still in my seat.
The costumes, set, special effects are awesome. You feel you are really there during the Exeter blitz and at St James� Park for the 5th round FA Cup reply against Newcastle in 1981.
The play tackles the relationship and tensions between future and past. The identity provided by our familiar surroundings versus the pull of the world.
Brilliantly researched, the play cannot fail to have taught even born and bred Exonians something they didn�t already know about our city.
I�m sorry if I�ve whetted your appetite for something that it is now too late or impossible to see. But all those involved deserve praise, as does the Northcott for putting it on.
If it comes round again or if they do another one, book early!
