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Published: 30 October 2008

Class act takes on social issues

PREVIEW: LUCKY SEVEN
Hampstead Theatre

UPPER-class Catherine, middle-class Tom and working-class Alan are part of a social experiment, contracted to meet up every seven years to expose their lives on TV.
But waiting on the sofa for director David to arrive, they reveal far more to each other than they ever will on camera.
Inspired by Seven UP! television documentary series from 1964, the three participants have their lives scrutinised by the nation and each other.
Susannah Harker, star of BBC drama Pride and Prejudice plays Catherine. “I’m excited and exhausted but its going to be great,” she said. “It was certainly challenging.”
She said performing at Hampstead Theatre helped set the scene: “I was born and spent my early childhood here, so the location really brings back memories of being seven. I’m in a nostalgic place, playing a nostalgic piece.”
The play was written by Hampstead’s writer-in-residence Alexis Zegerman, who recently starred in the hit film Happy Go Lucky.
A comedy about growing up, class and hope, Lucky Seven provides an original insight into life experience.
Susannah added: “You know a good script because they don’t come along often. Lucky Seven is unusual, vibrant and funny, painful and observant. It touches on class struggle and the relentless search for peace of mind.”
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