Crowded Room Announces A UK Tour Of THE LISTENING ROOM
Following critically acclaimed runs at the Old Red Lion and Theatre Royal Stratford East in 2017, Crowded Room today announces that its production The Listening Room will embark on a UK tour in 2019. The production will visit theatres, prisons and schools across the country including The Lowry in Salford, Northern Stage in Newcastle and Theatr Clwyd in Mold. The OFFIE-nominated cast from the original production will return, including Golden Globe and BAFTA-nominated actress, Cathy Tyson.
Written by Harriet Madeley and directed by Max Barton, The Listening Room explores three violent crimes, each committed by young men, and the extraordinary decision taken by victims and offenders to meet years later. The devastating consequences of the crimes are explored alongside the humanity of the interviewees and the transformative impact of the meetings. In an increasingly fractured and impersonal era, this production uses live performance to explore the power of face to face communication.
The Listening Room has been created from interviews compiled over the course of 2016 conducted with victims and offenders who participated in restorative justice. In 2016 the Office for National Statistics revealed that reoffending rates among young people were at their highest level for 10 years. Restorative justice has been proven to reduce reoffending by as much as 27% and reports have pointed to an 800% return on investment for every pound spent.
Crowded Room will be running workshops for schools and communities alongside the show.
Full dates of the tour are listed below.
27 March
BBC Radio 4 and National Prison Radio
Broadcast at 2.15pm
14 - 15 May
Theatr Clwyd
www.theatrclwyd.com
01352 701521
16 May
Oldham Coliseum
www.coliseum.org.uk/
0161 624 2829
17 May
HMP Grendon
18 May
Glassbox Theatre
www.glassboxtheatre.com
01634 383 388
21 May
Bethlem Psychiatric Hospital
22 May
HMP Thameside
23 May
Lighthouse, Poole
www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
01202 280000
24 - 25 May
Cheltenham Everyman
www.everymantheatre.org.uk
01242 572573
29 May
Northern Stage
www.northernstage.co.uk
0191 230 5151
30 - 31 May
Harrogate Theatre
www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk
01423 502 116
3 June
HMYOI Brinsford and HMP Stafford
7 June
Maudsley Psychiatric Hospital
8 June
The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre
www.thespring.co.uk
023 9247 2700
10 June
HMP Kirkham
11 June
CAST Doncaster
www.castindoncaster.com
01302 303 959
12 June
Arlington Arts
www.arlington-arts.com
01635 244 246
13 - 15 June
The Lowry, Salford
www.thelowry.com
0843 208 6000
More dates to be announced.
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