Win one of three pairs of tickets for HOPE at The Royal Court
"We live in an age of cuts. We are a working class town, that's our strength – and in the current climate, our weakness."
How do you save 22 million pounds? Mark and Hilary, the leaders of the council, are about to find out.
Following the success of Let The Right One In and This is England 86, Jack Thorne has written an urgent political play, a funny and scathing fable attacking the squeeze on local government.
To win one of three pairs of tickets to this production just email ian.dunt@politics.co.uk with an answer to the following question:
Which Italian composer features on the This is England 88 soundtrack and its predecessor, This is England?
Jack Thorne made his Royal Court debut last year with his adaptation of Let the Right One In and Hope will be his first original play to be staged there. His recent theatre credits include Stuart: A Life Backwards at the Edinburgh Fringe, Mydidae, The Physicists (adapt.) 2 May 1997, When you Cure Me and Bunny, for which he won a Fringe First Award. On television, his work includes The Fades (Best Drama Series – BAFTA 2012), This Is England 88 (Best Mini-Series – BAFTA 2012) and This Is England 86, with Shane Meadows. On screen, his credits include a screen adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel A Long Way Down and The Scouting Book for Boys.
John Tiffany, Associate Director of the Royal Court, directs. His most recent credits at the Royal Court include The Pass by John Donnelly and Let the Right One In (a National
Theatre of Scotland production, which is currently running at the Apollo in the West End). His production of The Glass Menagerie at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Broadway has been nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Director and Once (New York Theater Workshop, Broadway and the West End) won John a Tony, a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award and an Obie Award. His work for the National Theatre of Scotland includes Macbeth (also on Broadway), Enquirer (co-directed with Vicky Featherstone), The Missing, Peter Pan, The House of Bernarda Alba, Transform Caithness: Hunter, Be Near Me, Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us, The Bacchae and Black Watch, for which he won an Olivier and Critics’ Circle Award.
This production is recommended for ages 14+
The Royal Court Theatre
50-51 Sloane Square
London
SW1W 8AS
Box Office: 020 7565 5000
26 November – 10 January
www.royalcourttheatre.com
Terms and Conditions.
1. The prize is one of three pairs of tickets to see Hope at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
2. Prize is valid Tuesday – Saturday performances until 20 December 2014. Prize is as stated and cannot be transferred or exchanged. Subject to availability.
3. The winners will be selected by Politics.co.uk on Tuesday December 2nd, 2014
4. This competition is not open to employees of politics.co.uk, Axonn Media, Politics.co.uk's sister company, or any agency connected with this competition or family members of any of these organisations.
5. Only one entry per person and you must be over 18 years old.
6. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
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