Jenny Sandmanns Kritik zu Slag Heap ist positiv, ihr scheint im Gegensatz zu einigen anderen Autoren sowohl das Stück, als auch die Darsteller sehr gut gefallen zu haben. Das erfreut doch das Herz der Vincent-Fans ;-)

Anton Dudley's new play Slag Heap is as vividly difficult as its subject matter: teenage prostitutes in Manchester, England, forced into a life on the street by Margaret Thatcher's poll tax and the subsequent teachers' strike. It's a haunting drama that doesn't overemphasize its political undertrapping.
Ashley (Polly Lee) and Dave (Vincent Kartheiser) are teenage prostitutes whose dreams go no further than making enough each night to eat and maybe stay in a cheap hotel. Fran (Brienan Nequa Bryant) is older and more experienced. She makesgood money and sharing a flat with her big lusty sister Donna (Janelle Anne Robinson). She is an inspiration for Dave aspirations to match her in being streetwise and profitable. Dave uses the money from one lucrative evening in Manchester to leave Ashley and move to London. There he becomes a model and club kid. In the meantime Donna's taste for underaged Paki delivery boys, gets her and Fran into trouble. But Fran also manages to escape to London, where she runs into Dave. They hang on to the club life for a while, but their old life comes back to haunt them one night when Ashley makes a sudden appearance.
All the kids are bluntly honest about their wants and the demands of the life they live. We are well aware that they aren't long for this world.
Playwright Dudley has a great ear for dialogue, and truthfully realized characters. He relates their story without skirting the unsettling reality that they often enjoy their work. His writing is brutal and crisp, but full of warmth.

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