The show follows a number of interconnected stories of people living there during the 1980s, as a group of young people come together to start a band during the ska and two-tone era.<\/p>\n
One of the show\u2019s stars, Shyvonne Ahmmad, who plays drummer Matty, spoke with RadioTimes.com<\/a> exclusively, and explained just how crucial the Midlands is to the drama.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cPaul [Whittington, director] always says that it\u2019s a love letter to Birmingham and the Midlands, and it\u2019s a love letter to that time.<\/p>\n \u201cSo those who grew up during that time, or even children of parents who grew up in that time, it\u2019s so exciting to get to step into it.\u201d<\/p>\n Ahmmad continued: \u201cIt\u2019s all about self-expression, it\u2019s all about figuring out who you are. So step into it, I\u2019d say for audience members, and remember who you were trying to be at that time and who you thought you were.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAnd if you are still figuring out, like all of us, I think it\u2019s a lifelong endeavour to try and figure out who you are and what you want and who your tribe is. Step into it and just enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n This is, of course, not the first show of Knight\u2019s to be set in Birmingham, with Peaky Blinders helping to put the city on the global tourist map<\/a>.<\/p> Ben Rose, who plays central character Bardon in This Town, explained to RadioTimes.com<\/strong> how This Town is both similar and different to Peaky Blinders<\/a>, saying: \u201cIt\u2019s just the writing.<\/p>\n \u201cSteven Knight, the writer, he has a really incredible sort of voice, I think, and he\u2019s able to create really grounded, naturalistic characters who all speak in poetry, and all have a heightened sense of reality within this really gritty, very earthly world.<\/p>\n \u201cHis language is sort of otherworldly. And the way Peaky uses contemporary popular music to contrast with the era, our show kind of has the opposite, because it\u2019s using music of the time, of the era, to make you feel even more immersed in that world.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Shyvonne](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/470328-847d9c3.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"470328\\"\/")
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