Finborough Theatre Announces Summer Season

The multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre continues its 30th anniversary year with a Summer Season of exciting premieres of new plays from both emerging and already internationally renowned playwrights - together with a long overdue London rediscovery to celebrate the 150th birthday of J.M. Barrie.

The season opens with the world premiere of Miss Lilly Gets Boned or The Loss of All Elephant Elders, a wild exploration of love, courage, family, sex and religion from one of America's most exciting new writers - and Playwright-in-Residence at the Finborough Theatre - Bekah Brunstetter. Miss Lilly Gets Boned plays from 22 June 2010 until 11 July 2010.

From 13 July until 7 August 2010, we present Lingua Franca, the world premiere of a brand new play by Peter Nichols, author of some of the most enduring British plays of the last four decades including A Day in The Death of Joe Egg, Passion Play, Forget Me Not Lane, The National Health and Privates on Parade. Playing on Sundays and Mondays, 18, 19, 25, 26, July, and 1, 2 August 2010 is the first London revival in fifty years of the classic 1908 comedy What Every Woman Knows by J.M. Barrie in celebration of the 150th anniversary of his birth.

The season culminates in August with two works from two of North America's most successful contemporary playwrights. The London premiere of The Drawer Boy by Canada's Michael Healey plays from 10 August 2010 until 4 September 2010. Winner of all of Canada's most prestigious theatre awards, it is directed by Eleanor Rhode who directed Michael Healey's London debut earlier this year with the Time Out Critics' Choice production of Generous. Running concurrently on Sundays and Mondays 15, 16, 22, 23, 29 and 30 August is the European premiere of the Pulitzer Prize nominated drama, In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks, the author of TopDog/UnderDog and the first African-American woman ever to win a Pulitzer Prize.

In the West End, last year's sell out production European premiere production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's State Fair (Time Out and Sunday Times Critics' Choice, and Four Stars in The Guardian and Time Out) transfers to Trafalgar Studios from 5 August - 28 August 2010.

- Neil McPherson, Artistic Director

Summer Season 2010 - Press Nights and Photocalls
MAIN PRODUCTIONS

22 June - 10 July 2010
World Premiere
Miss Lilly Gets Boned or The Loss of All Elephant Elders
by Bekah Brunstetter. Directed by Lily Bevan.
Press Night: Thursday, 24 June 2010 at 7.30pm| Photocall: Tuesday, 22 June 2010 at 1pm-1.30pm

13 July - 7 August 2010
World Premiere
Lingua Franca
by Peter Nichols. Directed by Michael Gieleta.
Press Night: Thursday 15 July at 7.30pm | Photocall: Tuesday, 13 July 2010 at 1pm-1.30pm

10 August - 4 September 2010
The Drawer Boy
By Michael Healey. Directed by Eleanor Rhode.
Press night: Thursday, 12 August at 7.30pm |Photocall: Tuesday, 10 August 2010 at 1pm-1.30pm

SUNDAY AND MONDAY PRODUCTIONS

Sundays and Mondays, 18, 19, 25, 26, July; 1 and 2 August 2010
The first London revival in 50 years
What Every Woman Knows
by J.M. Barrie. Directed by Louise Hill.
Press Night: Monday 19 July 2010 at 7.30pm | Photocall: Email admin@finboroughtheatre.co.uk

Sundays and Mondays, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 August 2010
European Premiere
In the Blood
by Suzan-Lori Parks. Directed by Daniel Burgess.
Press Night: Monday 16 August 2010 at 7.30pm| Photocall: Email admin@finboroughtheatre.co.uk

Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED Book Online at www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk | 24 Hour Box Office 0844 847 1652

Performance Times for Miss Lilly Gets Boned, Lingua Franca and The Drawer Boy
Tuesday to Saturday evenings at 7.30pm.
Saturday Matinees at 3.00pm (from the second week of each run).
Sunday Matinees at 3.00pm.

Prices for Miss Lilly Gets Boned and The Drawer Boy
Prices for Week 1 of Miss Lilly, and Weeks 1 and 2 of The Drawer Boy - Tickets £13, £9 concessions, except Tuesday Evenings £9 all seats, and Saturday evenings £13 all seats. Previews £9 all seats.
Prices for Weeks 2 and 3 of Miss Lilly, and Weeks 3 and 4 of The Drawer Boy - Tickets £15, £11 concessions, except Tuesday Evenings £11 all seats, and Saturday evenings £15 all seats.
£5 tickets for Under 30's for performances in the first week when booked online.
£10 tickets for residents of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on the first Saturday when booked online.

Prices for Lingua Franca
Prices for Weeks 1 and 2 - Tickets £15, £11 concessions, except Tuesday evenings £11 all seats, and Saturday evenings £15 all seats.
Prices for Weeks 3 and 4 - Tickets £18, £15 concessions, except Tuesday evenings £15 all seats, and Saturday evenings £18 all seats.
£5 tickets for Under 30's for performances in the first week when booked online.
£10 tickets for residents of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on the first Saturday when booked online.

What Every Woman Knows, In the Blood
All performances at 7.30pm. Tickets £13, £9 concessions.

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