Children’s Children

Almeida

29 May

Here is a slick dissection of the way humanity can fail,

pushed to its brink and groping for a way to right itself.

Here are six creatures spurred by self-obsession,

lust, edacity, yearning for immortality

and the weight of substance.

They drink obsessively, talk endlessly

and endlessly flaunt themselves: their lives and bodies,

dreams, ideals, cash.

There’s no perfection here,

only veneer, façade, exquisite beauty - look at the set,

all well-stocked bars, glittering house,and a real swimming pool 

to dive into and swim, swim, swim away.

There’s not much love, for all their talk of it,

not much friendship or generosity;

and, in the end, not much comfort in plush houses

and sports cars, money and fame,

when it may disappear overnight.

Here is a funny, bitter lesson in the fear of loss,

fear of failure, and the inescapable solution

that things do not last.

Children's Children plays at the Almeida until 30 June 
http://www.almeida.co.uk/event/children