It's Headed Straight Towards Us
I caught a preview of It’s Headed Straight Towards Us at The Park theatre in Finsbury. Hugh (Sam West) and Gary (Rufus Hound) are two actors united in their enmity for each other, stuck in a trailer on a glacier for filming the seventh instalment in a superhero franchise. We start with two classic actor stereotypes; Firstly, Hugh, the fussy perfectionist who models himself on Daniel Day-Lewis with a steady career in supporting roles, proud of and defending his place in the hierarchy, and then there's Gary, the has-been, down on his luck, scratching a living in bit parts between drinking bouts at the nearest bar. A pair of dinosaurs, Gary almost literally in a monster costume and definitely prehistoric in his attitudes while Hugh tries and fails to be a modern man. Joining the two is Leela (Nenda Neururer) as the young production assistants trying to keep everything on track. Things start badly when Gary can’t be found, and then take a downward turn ...