Traffic of the Stage presents ‘The Education of a Lap Dancer’

Traffic of the Stage presents ‘The Education of a Lapdancer’ by John Cooper

Immigrant workers in the sex industry . . .

stressed out teachers in the public sector . . .

violence and racial tension in the inner city . .

East Europeans trying to make a fast euro . . .

This is London at the sharp end . . . at the cutting edge.

Fast-moving, raw and humorous John Cooper's play cuts through the spin and the latitudes and looks at the increasingly complex cultural mix that is London today. If you're a personable young girl from Romania, which will get you further, a GCSE or a G-string?

The work is at the cutting edge of new drama in the UK, with its controversial stance against the pernicious effects of political correctness and wasteful state bureaucracy.

Original drama has been an important feature in Traffic of the Stage’s history, as far back as 1989, with ‘The Pleasure Principle’ at New Theatre, Hampstead. This show, was first presented in Autumn 2005, at the Pleasance Theatre in Islington, with Kate Steavenson-Payne in the title role.

"This is a compelling domestic drama about the state of play in New Labour’s sceptred isle. Author John Cooper lifts the veil on this new Jerusalem – from failing schools to the pandemic of human trafficking for prostitution orchestrated by the eastern european mafia."

Martina Anzinger, Camden, Islington and West End Reviews.