There! We knew that would get you. Welcome to EAT's new arts column.
And first to what is described as a biting comedy about estate agents, and the UK premier (in a theatre in a room over a pub in Battersea) is on April 21.
Apparently, Sold is a play about five agents competing for a multi-million pound property (we wish!).
It’s a world in which the sale comes first and everything else takes a back seat. In this cut-throat world of materialism, someone is fighting off a mid-life crisis and someone else is fighting off a colleague.
According to the publicity blurb, it’s an environment where the drive for material success eclipses the desire for meaningful relationships (this doesn't rule out one-night stands, obviously).
Whew! In other words, it’s the everyday story of a typical estate agency.
Well, EAT has tried our best to make it sound exciting.
Unfortunately, we fear that the real thing may be a bit too arty for us, judging by the mentions of Edinburgh Festival, Royal Court, etc.
However, EAT can instead truly recommend another very gripping, if somewhat more lowbrow, arts offering.
A novel called Still Missing, by Chevy Stevens, features an open house viewing, an American estate agent’s abduction, and all kinds of twists and turns.
The suspense kept a white-knuckled EAT awake for a night, as (be warned) it’s impossible to open it and then put it down.
Highly recommended (paperback, £4.48 on Amazon).
Comments
This is 2 adverts here one for the play and opmne for Amazon.
Roz, make em pay like the other advertisers as this is not news its a blatant advert.
Thought this was going to be some study about 'Sex Sells'
Or a spin-off of Sex and The City. Might be interesting to see as a TV series, that.........
Not for me, sadly, philistine that I am.
I did enjoy the ITV series 'Sold', though with that bloke out of the BT adverts. Whoever wrote that, clearly spent time working for one of the Countrywide agents.