MACKENZIE CROOK's NEW toon 

The Bush THEATRE is excited to announce the first show of their Autumn / Winter season, the European premiere of THE ALIENS, by one of the freshest voices to come out of America in recent years, ANNIE BAKER.

The play is gentle, engaging and deeply funny, introducing two new cult heroes in the shape of KJ and Jasper, played by MACKENZIE CROOK (star of The Office, Pirates of the Caribbean, Skins and Finding Neverland) and RALF LITTLE ( Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Powder and 24 Hour Party People). KJ and Jasper are professional slackers and best friends.

They spend their days outside the back of a small coffee shop in Vermont, talking music and Bukowski. 17 year old Evan (played by OLLY ALEXANDER (Bright Star)) is just getting ready for life, eking out his summer working at the café. KJ and Jasper draw him into their world of magic mushrooms, philosophical musings and great-bands-that never-were.

Directed by the prestigious PETER GILL, considered to be one of the most influential directors of the last 40 years, famous for his groundbreaking productions by D.H. Lawrence and Joe Orton at the Royal Court during the 60’s and founded the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith and the National Theatre Studio in the 70’s and 80’s, the play puts modern day America under the microscope to ask what happened to the generation who never grew up.

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