FISHSKIN TROUSERS, UNSCORCHED and More Set for Finborough Theatre's Autumn 2013 Season

Finborough Theatre's Autumn 2013 Season is devoted to new writing with new plays from two multi-award-winning dramatists; the debut of a first time playwright - the winner of this year's Papatango New Writing Prize in partnership with the Finborough Theatre; the return of its FINBOROUGHFORUM series of events and discussions; and the fifth year of Vibrant 2013 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, our annual explosion of new writing. This season also sees two of Finborough's acclaimed rediscoveries with another rare play from J.B. Priestley, and Michael Hastings' Lee Harvey Oswald, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. Finborough also presents a special one night fundraising event - An Evening with Dame Diana Rigg on Sunday, 20 October 2013.

The season opens with the world premiere of award-winning Elizabeth Kuti's Fishskin Trousers, playing 3-28 September 2013, accompanied by the return of our FINBOROUGHFORUM, a series of free late night events on the state of new writing in the UK. Following the huge critical acclaim for our rediscovery - and New York transfer - of Cornelius, on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, from8-24 September 2013, we present another Finborough Theatre rediscovery from J.B. Priestley - the first UK production in over 60 years of his vision of a post nuclear holocaust Britain - Summer's Day Dream.

Running 1-26 October 2013, and presented in the aftermath of the Zimbabwean elections, is a world premiere from Finborough Theatre Playwright-in-Residence Anders Lustgarten, Black Jesus; accompanied by the fifth year of our annual festival of new writing -Vibrant 2013 - A Festival Of Finborough Playwrights, playing 6-25 October 2013, and featuring 18 plays by Finborough playwrights. We also present a special one night fundraising event - An Evening Dame Diana Rigg on Sunday, 20 October 2013.

The season comes to a close with the winning play of the fifth Papatango New Writing Prize in partnership with the Finborough Theatre - Unscorched by first time playwright Luke Owen from 29 October-23 November 2013. Running alongside another rediscovery - the first London production in over 40 years of Michael Hastings' Lee Harvey Oswald, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy, on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, 3-19 November 2013 with a special performance on the day and time of the assassination itself on 22 November.

You can also see transfers of Finborough Theatre productions - Fog is on national tour to Glasgow, Nottingham, Norwich, Cheltenham, Bristol, London and Bedford from 10 September-11 November 2013, and Passing By is at the Tristan Bates Theatre from 5-30 November 2013.

For full information, visit www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk.

Autumn Season 2013:

3 September - 28 September 2013
The world premiere
Fishskin Trousers
by Elizabeth Kuti. Directed by Robert Price
Press Night: Thursday, 5 September 2013 at 7.30pm

Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 September 2013
The first London production in over 60 years
Summer's Day Dream
by J. B. Priestley. Directed by Alex Marker.
Press Night: Monday, 9 September 2013 at 7.30pm

1 October - 26 October 2013
The world premiere
Black Jesus
by Anders Lustgarten. Directed by David Mercatali
Press Night: Thursday, 3 October 2013 at 7.30pm

4 October - 25 October 2013
Vibrant 2013 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights
Now in its fifth year, our annual explosion of new writing featuring 18 new works for the stage by Finborough playwrights

Sunday, 20 October 2013
A special one night fundraising event
An Audience with Dame Diana Rigg

29 October - 23 November 2013
The world premiere of the winner of the fifth Papatango New Writing Prize in partnership with the Finborough Theatre
Unscorched
by Luke Owen.
Press Night: Thursday, 31 October at 7.30pm

Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 and 22 November 2013
The first London production in over 40 years
Lee Harvey Oswald - A Far Mean Streak of Independence Brought on by Negleck
by Michael Hastings. Directed by Alex Thorpe.
Press Night: Monday, 4 November 2013 at 7.30pm

The Finborough Theatre is located at 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED. Book Online at www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk or by calling the 24 Hour Box Office: 0844 847 1652.

Performance Times and Prices:
Times and Prices for Fishskin Trousers, Black Jesus and Unscorched
Tuesday to Saturday evenings at 7.30pm.
Sunday matinees at 3.00pm.
Saturday matinees at 3.00pm (from the second week of each run).
Prices for Weeks 1 and 2 - Tickets £14, £10 concessions, except Tuesday evenings £10 all seats, and Saturday evenings £14 all seats.
Prices for Weeks 3 and 4 - Tickets £16, £12 concessions, except Tuesday evenings £12 all seats, and Saturday evenings £16 all seats.
For all the above shows, £6 for under 30's for the first week when booked online only; and £10 for residents of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on the first Saturday of the run when booked online only.

Performance Times and Prices for FINBOROUGHFORUM:
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings at 9.00pm from 11-27 September 2013
Free to ticketholders from any performance of Fishskin Trousers

Performance Times and Prices for Summer Day's Dream:
Sunday and Monday evenings at 7.30pm. Tuesday matinees at 2.00pm. Tickets £16, £14.

Performance Times and Prices for Vibrant 2013 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights:
Sunday and Monday evenings at 7.30pm. Tuesday to Saturday evenings at 9.00pm. Tickets all seats £4.

Performance Times and Prices for An Audience with Dame Diana Rigg:
Sunday, 20 October 2013 at 7.30pm. All seats £45.

Performance Times and Prices for Lee Harvey Oswald:
Sunday and Monday evenings at 7.30pm. Tuesday matinees at 2.00pm. Special performance onFriday, 22 November 2013 at 12.30pm. Tickets £14, £10.