Southwark Playhouse Wasted

Through the lens of a rock documentary Wasted gives an accessallareas account of the struggles heartbreaks and triumphs of the three Brontë sisters Charlotte Emily Anne and their brother Branwell Brought up in a remote povertystricken town in Yorkshire without money or opportunity they fought illhealth unrequited love and family feuds to write some of the most celebrated literature including Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights Never afraid to rebel against expectations the lives behind the pages expose a struggling squabbling ferociously driven drugfuelled crash and burn trajectory from obscurity to celebrity and ultimately to their untimely deaths Coupled with a rock score from Christopher Ash Showstoppers Oliver Award winner for Best Entertainment book and lyrics by Carl Miller Emil and the Detectives National Theatre directed by Adam Lenson Superhero OffWest End Award for New Musical the Brontës ask was it all wasted