The Big Life 2004

Opened: April 22, 2004
Closing: May 22, 2004

The Big Life - 2004 - London Fringe History , Info & More

Theatre Royal, Stratford East
Gerry Raffles Square London

On the Windrush over from the Caribbean to England, a pact is made by a group of men not to get involved with women for three years whilst they institute a regime of work and betterment. Each man's resolve is tested as one by one they fall prey to Cupid's arrow.

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