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Ever heard of Hamlet? Of course you have. Ever wondered what it is about? Come to see our production, adapted by Peter Lancaster (who created a brilliant version of Twelfth Night in December 2022) and hear in context the 'To be or not to be' speech.
Understand the phrases 'to be cruel to be kind', 'hoist by their own petard' or 'brevity is the soul of wit'. They are all from Hamlet along with many other quotes that have found their way into everyday speech. Come and discover why Lawrence Olivier called Hamlet 'pound for pound the best play ever written'. Why so many actors regard playing the title role as the supreme achievement and the fulfilment of their career.
Director Peter Lancaster has adapted this famously long play to simplify and shorten it, without losing the powerful and beautiful poetry of the dialogue which is stuffed full of wisdom, suspense, love, murder, humour and ghosts!
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A tender, frank and funny play about a farmer struggling to survive the Foot and Mouth pandemic.
The play begins in 2001. Disease ravages the countryside, pyres are lit on the horizon, and dairy herdsman Michael is trapped as his farm becomes a battleground for his business, his heritage, and his friendship with local vet Jeff. Twelve years on and the battle scars are as evident on their relationship as they are on the landscape.
Bea Roberts' play And Then Come The Nightjars charts the struggle of one farm amidst a crisis that saw the slaughter of four million animals and the postponement of a General Election.
The play was joint winner of the inaugural Theatre503 Playwriting Award, and premiered at Theatre503, London, in September 2015, before transferring to Bristol Old Vic.
'A tender, finely observed portrait of male friendship, and a stirring requiem for the vanishing dignity of rural England'
Evening Standard
'A right little cracker, a small but beautifully observed two-hander about a dying way of life and male friendship that spans 12 years... a savagely funny and sad play'
Guardian
CONTAINS ADULT THEMES AND STRONG LANGUAGE
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Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford – only to find that this is not the birthplace of the Bard, but a sleepy Suffolk village. And instead of Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench, the cast are a bunch of amateurs trying to save their theatre from developers. Jefferson’s monstrous ego, vanity and insecurity are tested to the limit by the enthusiastic am-dram thespians.
Jefferson's daughter, who has been neglected by her Hollywood star father now turns up wanting to make him pay for it.
As acting worlds collide and Jefferson’s career implodes, he discovers some truths about himself – along with his inner Lear!
The film starred Burt Reynolds, David Jacobi, Imelda Staunton & Samantha Bond.
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