The most interesting part about Carry on Jaywick is that it makes use of the Recorded Delivery technique - the actors perform based on a recorded & edited audio, with no access to a script, with the whole intention being that every "ah", "um", "oh", cough and laughter is as authentic as possible, and the voices spoken are produced as they are heard on the audio.
The audio in question is the original recorded & edited interviews of the residents of Jaywick, a town recently ranked as one of the most deprived areas in the whole of Europe, and their strive to make it great again regardless of any setbacks or disadvantages.
Personally, I thought the adapted context of the play and the acting was superb, and will have done Jaywick justice. It was amazing to see how the actors adopted the audio efficiently and replicated the voices of the Jaywick people perfectly to give them the voice that they deserve.
Whilst at times the show felt a little too heavily dependent on the dialogue over action, I still believe the it strongly delivered its message of hope and belief in a town that is slowly fading away from view. Pretty inspiring.
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Carry on Jaywalk was performed on 11 September at HighTide Festival. For more information, visit here.
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