The Finborough Theatre Announces Their Schedule For January Through March 2010

The Finborough Theatre celebrates the beginning of its 30th anniversary year with a season of award winning new plays by award winning writers, featuring both new and established playwrights from the UK, Ireland, the United States and Canada.

To celebrate 30 years of leading the way for London’s fringe, we look forward to the future – while remembering where we have come from – by presenting exciting world premieres of brand new work from many of the renowned playwrights who began their careers with us. Our usual acclaimed programme continues too with new work and the fresh vision of our own Finborough playwrights, rediscovered classics from the 19th and 20th centuries, and the cream of music theatre – from rediscovered opera and operetta to cutting edge new musical theatre.

Behind the scenes, we continue to discover and develop a new generation of theatre makers – through our vibrant Literary Department, our hugely successful internship programme, our Resident Assistant Director programme, and our partnership with the National Theatre Studio – the Leverhulme Bursary for Emerging Directors.

The NEW YEAR | NEW PLAYS SEASON opens with the European premiere of the winner of Canada’s leading theatre award for Best New Play, Generous by Michael Healey, one of Canada’s leading contemporary dramatists making his London debut, from 5 to 30 January 2010. It is followed by The Early Bird, the GB premiere of George Devine Award winner Leo Butler’s most experimental play to date, from 2 to 27 February 2010. March sees the culmination of the season with the world premiere of a stunning new piece of political theatre on the rise of the BNP, A Day at the Racists by Finborough Theatre’s Pearson Playwright-in-Residence Anders Lustgarten from 2 to 27 March 2010. Sunday and Monday productions this season are the world premiere of Regolith by former Finborough Theatre Pearson Playwright-in-Residence Chris Lee on 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 January 2010, and the European premiere of the winner of the New York Innovative Theatre Awards for Outstanding Full Length Script 2008, You May Go Now – A Marriage Play, by of the USA’s most exciting new playwrights , and our newest Playwright-in-Residence, Bekah Brunstetter, on 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22 March 2010.

We now offer cheaper prices for the first two weeks of every run, regardless of when you book them, and residents of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea can now also buy seats online for only £10 for the first Saturday evening performance of each production. We continue to offer £5 online tickets for under 30’s for the first week of productions, and savings on all full prIce Tickets booked online.

Just a few of our future plans for our anniversary year include premieres from Tennessee Williams, James Graham, Michael Healey and the return of our sell-out festival of new plays developed by the Finborough Theatre, Vibrant! – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights; rediscoveries from Harold Brighouse and Rodgers and Hart; and the return of our acclaimed Celebrating British Music Theatre series.

MAIN PRODUCTIONS

5 January – 30 January 2010
European Premiere
Generous
by Michael Healey. Directed by Eleanor Rhode.
The London debut of multi-award winning playwright Michael Healey, one of Canada’s leading
dramatists.
Press Night: Thursday, 7 January 2010 at 7.30pm| Photocall: Tuesday, 5 January 2010 at 1pm–
1.30pm

2 February – 27 February 2010
Great Britain Premiere
The Early Bird
by Leo Butler. Directed by Donnacadh O’Briain.
Press Night: Friday, 5 February 2010 at 7.30pm | Photocall: Tuesday, 2 February 2010 at 1pm–
1.30pm

2 March – 27 March 2010
World Premiere
A Day at the Racists
by Anders Lustgarten. Directed by Ryan McBryde.
A stunning new piece of political theatre from Finborough Theatre Pearson Playwright-in-
Residence Anders Lustgarten.
Press Night: Thursday, 4 March 2010 at 7.30pm| Photocall: Tuesday, 2 March 2010 at 1pm–
1.30pm

 
SUNDAY AND MONDAY PRODUCTIONS
 
Sundays and Mondays, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 January 2010
World Premiere
Regolith
by Chris Lee. Directed by Ken McClymont.
Press Night: Monday, 11 January 2010 at 7.30pm | Photocall: email
press@finboroughtheatre.co.uk

Sundays and Mondays, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22 March 2010
European Premiere
You May Go Now – A Marriage Play
by Bekah Brunstetter. Directed by Ellie Browning.
Press Night: Monday, 8 March 2010 at 7.30pm| Photocall: email press@finboroughtheatre.co.uk

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