An Inspector Calls, in school theatre production

An Inspector Calls Theatre Production Review: By Isaac, Year 11

Before half-term, we were visited by a theatre company who performed An Inspector Calls. The performance was played by four actors with one actor taking on three different roles! An Inspector Calls is a 1945 play, set in 1912, by JB Priestley. The play is full of twists and turns, plot twists and dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is when the audience know something the characters don’t. For example, Mr Birling describes the newly built Titanic as ‘unsinkable’ which to us and a 1945 audience is ironically comical. The actors explained this thoroughly during moments of freeze frame, breaking the fourth wall, as they explained key information about the underlying themes and context of the play. The actors provided interesting and crucial facts which are necessary for our English Literature GCSE. This is exactly why I found this performance so informative and I now feel much more confident with the play thanks to the actors. This is why I believe live theatre is so important and, like Inspector Goole, ‘I don’t play golf’.