Finborough Theatre Announces Summer Season

The multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre opens its Summer Season with the world premiere of a new play, Stone Face by Eve Leigh running 17 May-11 June 2016. It runs alongside the London premiere - and the first production in over 40 years - of John Osborne's A Subject Of Scandal And Concern, on Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees from 22 May-7 June 2016.

Commemorating the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, the Finborough Theatre's THEGREATWAR100 series continues with the world premiere of It Is Easy To Be Dead about war poet Charles Sorley plays from 15 June-9 July 2016. It plays concurrently with the European premiere of a Canadian classic, Maggie and Pierre, about Pierre and Maggie Trudeau, the parents of Canada's new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees from 19 June-5 July 2016.

The world premiere of a first play by an exciting new playwright, Amy Ng, Shangri-La plays from 12 July-6 August 2016. The season comes to an end with the controversial new Canadian play, the European premiere of Proud by Michael Healey, playing Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees from 17 July-2 August 2016.

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

Summer Season | Press Nights and Photocalls

Tuesday, 17 May - Saturday, 11 June 2016
The world premiere
STONE FACE
by Eve Leigh. Directed by Roy Alexander Weise.
Press Nights: Thursday, 19 May 2016 at 7.30pm and Friday, 20 May 2016 at 7.30pm
Photocall: Tuesday, 17 May 2016 at 1.30pm-2.00pm

Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 May, 5, 6, 7 June 2016
The London premiere
A SUBJECT OF SCANDAL AND CONCERN
by John Osborne. Directed by Jimmy Walters.
Press Night: Monday, 23 May 2016 at 7.30pm | Photocall: Monday, 23 May 2016 at 5.00pm-5.30pm

Wednesday, 15 June - Saturday, 9 July 2016
The world premiere
IT IS EASY TO BE DEAD
by Neil McPherson.
Press Nights: Friday, 17 June and Saturday, 18 June 2016 at 7.30pm
Photocall: Wednesday, 15 June 2016 at 1.30pm-2.00pm

Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 June, 3, 4, 5 July 2016
The European premiere
MAGGIE AND PIERRE
by Linda Griffiths with Paul Thompson. Directed by Eduard Lewis.
Press Night: Monday, 20 June 2016 at 7.30pm | Photocall: Monday, 20 June 2016 at 5.00pm-5.30pm

Tuesday, 12 July - Saturday, 6 August 2016
The world premiere
SHANGRI-LA
by Amy Ng. Directed by Charlotte Westenra.
Press Nights: Thursday, 14 July and Friday, 15 July 2016 at 7.30pm
Photocall: Tuesday, 12 July 2016 at 1.30pm-2.00pm

Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 July, 1 and 2 August 2016
The European Premiere
PROUD
by Michael Healey. Directed by Jonny Kelly.
Press Night: Monday, 18 July 2016 at 7.30pm | Photocall: Monday, 18 July 2016 at 5.00pm-5.30pm