Reduced Shakespeare Company's New Show 'LONG LOST FIRST PLAY' Embarks on UK Tour

By: Feb. 01, 2017
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Following its world premiere season at the Edinburgh Festival and a run at the renowned Folger Shakespeare Library, the brand new show from the Reduced Shakespeare Company embarks on its debut UK tour of 50 venues plus a week at Wilton's Music Hall in London.

Acclaimed stars of the West End stage, the Reduced Shakespeare Company, are back with another barnstormingly irreverent and breathtakingly hilarious celebration of our cultural heritage - as seen through the eyes of three Americans wearing trainers. In a better-late-than-never nod to the Bard's 400th anniversary, the bad boys of abridgement present this 'new' play by the man himself, as discovered in a Leicester car park.

Since its pass-the-hat origins in 1981, the Reduced Shakespeare Company has created ten world-renowned stage shows, two television specials, several failed TV pilots, and numerous radio pieces, all of which have been performed, seen, and heard the world over. The company's itinerary has included stops in the West End, off-Broadway, at the White House, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, London's West End, Seattle Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre and Montreal's famed Just For Laughs Festival, as well as performances in Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Malta, Singapore and Bermuda, plus countless civic and university venues throughout the USA, the UK, and Europe.


William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged), 2017 Tour Dates:

Date

Venue

Town

Box office number

Website

1 & 2 Feb

Lighthouse

Poole

01202 28 00 00

www.lighthousepoole.co.uk

3 Feb

Norden Farm

Maidenhead

01628 788997

www.nordenfarm.org

4 Feb

Playhouse

Norwich

01603 598598

www.norwichplayhouse.co.uk

7 Feb

Guildhall

Preston

01772 80 44 44

www.prestonguildhall.com

8 Feb

Pomegranate

Chesterfield

01246 345 222

chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk

9 Feb

Playhouse

Nottingham

0115 941 9419

nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk

10 Feb

Princess

Somerset

01278 784464

www.theprincesstheatre.co.uk

11 Feb

The Theatre

Chipping Norton

01608 642350

www.chippingnortontheatre.com

12 Feb

Town Hall

Cheltenham

0844 576 2210

cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk

14 & 15 Feb

Rep

Birmingham

0121 236 4455

birmingham-rep.co.uk

16 Feb

Theatre Royal

Bury St Edmunds

01284 769505

www.theatreroyal.org

17 Feb

Mercury

Colchester

01206 573948

www.mercurytheatre.co.uk

18 Feb

PAC

Lincoln

01522 837600

www.lpac.co.uk

23 - 25 Feb

Curve

Leicester

0116 242 3595

www.curveonline.co.uk

2 Mar

Woodville

Gravesend

08442 439 480

www.woodville.co.uk

3 Mar

Wyvern Theatre

Swindon

01793 524 481

swindontheatres.co.uk

4 Mar

Ropetackle

Shoreham

01273 464440

ropetacklecentre.co.uk

8 Mar

The Lights

Andover

01264 368368

www.thelights.org.uk

9 Mar

Riverfront

Newport

01633 656757

www.newportlive.co.uk

10 Mar

Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre

Taunton

01823 414141

www.tacchi-morris.com

11 Mar

Plough Arts Centre

Great Torrington

01805 624624

www.theploughartscentre.org.uk

13 Mar

Waterside Theatre

Aylesbury

0844 871 7607

atgtickets.com/aylesbury

14 & 15 Mar

Broadway

Letchworth

01462 681088

www.broadway-letchworth.com

16 Mar

TownGate Theatre

Basildon

01268 465 465

www.towngatetheatre.co.uk

17 Mar

Trinity

Tunbridge Wells

01892 678 678

www.trinitytheatre.net

18 Mar

Playhouse

Salisbury

01722 320 333

www.salisburyplayhouse.com

21 Mar

Opera House

Buxton

01298 72190

www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

22 Mar

Waterside Arts Centre

Sale

0161 912 5616

www.watersideartscentre.co.uk

23 Mar

Kings

Glasgow

0844 871 7648

www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com

25 Mar

Brewery Arts

Kendal

01539 725133

www.breweryarts.co.uk

26 Mar

Forum

Barrow

01229 820000

www.theforumbarrow.co.uk

28 Mar - 1 Apr

Wilton's Music Hall

London

020 7702 2789

www.wiltons.org.uk

18 Apr

Richmond Theatre

London

0844 871 7651

www.atgtickets.com/richmond

21 Apr

Alnwick Playhouse

Alnwick

01665 510785

www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk

22 Apr

The Junction

Goole

01405 763652

www.junctiongoole.co.uk

23 Apr

City Varieties

Leeds

0113 243 0808

www.cityvarieties.co.uk

2 May

The Princess Theatre

Torquay

0844 871 3023

www.atgtickets.com/Torquay

4 May

Hertford Theatre

Hertford

01992 531 500

www.hertfordtheatre.com

5 May

The Quarry at St Luke's

Bedford

01234 362269

www.quarrytheatre.org.uk

8 May

Oxford Playhouse

Oxford

01865 305305

www.oxfordplayhouse.com

11 May

Subscription Rooms

Stroud

01453 760900

www.subscriptionrooms.org.uk

12 May

Thornbury Arts Festival

Thornbury

07762 717310

www.thornburyartsfestival.com

13 May

Stantonbury Theatre

Milton Keynes

01908 324422

www.stantonburytheatre.co.uk

16 May

The Regent Theatre

Stoke-on-Trent

0844 871 7649

www.atgtickets.com/stoke

17 May

Grand Pavilion

Porthcawl

01656 815995

www.grandpavilion.co.uk

18 May

The Swan Theatre

Worcester

01905 611427

www.worcesterlive.co.uk

20 May

Grand Opera House

York

0844 871 3024

www.atgtickets.com/york

23 May

New Victoria Theatre

Woking

0844 871 7645

www.atgtickets.com/woking

24 May

Derby Theatre

Derby

01332 59 39 39

www.derbytheatre.co.uk

25 May

Leas Cliff Hall

Folkestone

0844 871 3015

www.atgtickets.com/folkestone

26 May

Devonshire Park Theatre

Eastbourne

01323 412000

www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk

28 May

Churchill Theatre

Bromley

020 3285 6000

www.churchilltheatre.co.uk



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