Article: HOT SPOT; A serving of drama side order of comedy

BASIL DAWKINS' 2005/6 offering to the theatre is his gold medal winning production Hot Spot, currently playing at the Little Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue. It is a story which takes place completely in a low income diner, but it serves up a menu of more than just food. In this kitchen, malice, betrayal and suspicion are all brewing.

Hot Spot is directed by Buddy Pouyat. In mid-December, Dawkins, who produces and writes the production, presented a reading of Hot Spot. At that point the play had not yet fulfilled its potential. It still hasn't, but it has come much closer, and the result is an engaging dramatic comedy.

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The play is set in the kitchen of a struggling ...

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