The festive period is usually a time when we're told to look towards the future and forget about all of our troubles. The title Hope may be misleading for many, but the latest play by Jack Thorne to be staged at the Royal Court is a political production set around a group of Labour councillors struggling to deal with the financial strain currently being imposed upon local government.
How do you save 22 million pounds? Mark and Hilary, the leaders of the Council ,are about to find out.
Casting is announced today for Hope, BAFTA-winning writer Jack Thorne's first original play to be staged at the Royal Court. Hope follows Thorne's success with Glue and This is England '86 and reunites him with director John Tiffany after their celebrated production Let the Right One In, which transferred to the West End earlier this year.
Joining Paul Bhattacharjee and Meera Syal as the sparring lovers Benedick and Beatrice is a stellar cast of British Asian actors including Amara Karan as the wronged young lover Hero, Kulvinder Ghir as Borachio and Madhav Sharma as Leonto.
THE HISTORY BOYS was recently featured on National Public Radio. NPR's Weekend Edition ran a story about the road to Broadway for THE HISTORY BOYS, interviewing author Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner.
BroadwayWorld was there for the starry opening night of Alan Bennett's The History Boys, which opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on April 23rd
Alan Bennett's THE HISTORY BOYS, winner of the Olivier, Evening Standard and London Critics Circle Awards for Best Play, will begin previews on Broadway this Friday. April 14 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street).
Student tickets will be available for the Broadway production of THE HISTORY BOYS, a new play by Alan Bennett.
Alan Bennett's The History Boys will begin previews on Friday, April 14th; the show will open on Sunday, April 23th at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) for a 20-week limited engagement
The History Boys playwright Alan Bennett was honored with London's prestigious Critics' Circle Award on April 5th
The script for Alan Bennett's The History Boys, winner of the Olivier, Evening Standard and London Critics Circle Awards for Best Play, is available today in bookstores
The Broadhurst Theatre Box Office (235 West 44th Street) will open on Monday, March 20th at 10am for THE HISTORY BOYS, a new play by Alan Bennett. THE HISTORY BOYS opens Sunday, April 23. Previews begin on Friday, April 14 for a 20-week limited engagement.
The complete London cast of Alan Bennett's The History Boys will also be on hand for the Broadway transfer production
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