COUNTRY MAGIC, S-27 & More Play At Finborough 4/09-6/09

Finborough Theater announces their new Season for April - June 2009

April to June 2009 at the finboroughtheatre
The multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre's second season of 2009 features the world premiere of a new adaptation of a rediscovered classic; the European premiere of a new South African play, starring Janet Suzman; and the world premiere of the first winner of Amnesty International's Protect The Human Playwriting Competition; together with Sunday and Monday productions of three plays, all revived for the first time since their original productions. From this season onwards, we are now offering £5 tickets for under 30's for the first week of our main productions when booked online.
The season begins with Country Magic, an adaptation of Arthur Wing Pinero's The Enchanted Cottage, and a heart-warming testament to the redemptive power of love, directed by award-winning director Phil Wilmott, and running from 14 April to 9 May 2009. Janet Suzman - Academy Award®, BAFTA and Golden Globe award nominee, and winner of two Evening Standard Awards for Best Actress - stars in the European premiere of a new South African play, Dream of the Dog by Craig Higginson, from 12 May to 6 June 2009. The season comes to an end with the world premiere of Sarah Grochala's S-27, the inaugural winner of Amnesty International's Protect The Human Playwriting Competition, from 9 June to 4 July 2009.
Our Sunday and Monday productions this season feature three plays, all revived for the first time since their original productions. The Killing of Mr Toad by David Gooderson revisits a timeless classic and the extraordinary story behind it on 19, 20, 26, 27 April, and 3 and 4 May 2009; David lan's first play Painting a Wall plays on 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 May and 1 June 2009; and Nick Ward's Apart From George, winner of the George Devine Award, plays on 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 June 2009.
You can also see Finborough Theatre productions elsewhere. Plague Over England by Nicholas de Jongh plays in the West End until 16 May, while Joe DiPietro's F***ing Men has extended its run at the King's Head Theatre for a third time and is now booking until 9 June.

COUNTRY MAGIC
14 April - 9 May 2009
A Fable by Arthur Wing Pinero.
Directed by Phil Wilmott.
Designed by Robin Don.
Originally performed as The Enchanted Cottage, a heart-warming testament to the redemptive power of love.
Press Night: Thursday, 16 April 2009 at 7.30pm
Photocall: Tuesday, 14 April 2009 at 1pm-1.30pm

DREAM OF THE DOG
12 May - 6 June 2009
New play by Craig Higginson.
Directed by James Albrecht.
Janet Suzman stars in a story of South Africa's emerging democracy, challenging notions of truth and reconciliation, justice and revenge, memory and history. Originally produced at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg.

Press Night: Thursday, 14 May 2009 at 7.30pm
Photocall: Tuesday, 12 May 2009 at 1pm-1.30pm

S-27
9 June - 4 July 2009
The world premiere of a new play by Sarah Grochala.
Directed by Stephen Keyworth.
The inaugural winner of Amnesty International's first Protect The Human Playwriting Competition, inspired by the work of
Nhem En, prison photographer under Cambodia's Khmer Rouge.

Press Night: Thursday, 11 June 2009 at 7.30pm
Photocall: Tuesday, 9 June 2009 at 1pm-1.30pm

SUNDAY AND MONDAY PRODUCTIONS

THE KILLING OF MR TOAD
Sundays and Mondays, 19, 20, 26, 27 April, and 3 and 4 May 2009
Written and Directed by David Gooderson.
Celebrating the 101st anniversary of the publication of The Wind in the Willows and the 150th anniversary of Kenneth Grahame's birth, The Killing of Mr Toad revisits a timeless classic and the extraordinary story behind it...

Press Night: Monday, 20 April 2009 at 7.30pm
Photocall: Email press@finboroughtheatre.co.uk

PAINTING A WALL
Sundays and Mondays, 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 May and 1 June 2009
The first revival of award-winning playwright David lan's first play.
Directed by Titas Halder
Four "Coloured" South African painters, living under apartheid, work on their task of painting public walls government-regulation white. The only thing is...they've been given the wrong colour paint...

Press Night: Monday, 18 May 2009 at 7.30pm
Photocall: Email press@finboroughtheatre.co.uk

APART FROM GEORGE
Sundays and Mondays, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 June 2009
The first revival of the award-winning play by Nick Ward.
Directed by Ben Kidd.
Winner of the George Devine Award, a dark poetic exploration of the effects of unemployment on a family, drawing on a simple, beautiful storytelling style and using live music.

Press Night: Monday, 15 June 2009 at 7.30pm
Photocall: Email press@finboroughtheatre.co.uk

Performance Times and Ticket Prices

Finborough Theatre
118 Finborough Road
London SW10 9ED

Book Online at www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk
24 Hour Box Office 0844 847 1652

Country Magic, Dream of the Dog, S-27
Tuesday to Saturday Evenings at 7.30pm.
Saturday Matinees at 3.00pm
(from the second week of each run)
Sunday Matinees at 3.00pm.

Tickets £13, £9 concessions, except Tuesday Evenings £9 all seats, and Saturday evenings £13 all seats.
Previews (first two performances of each run) £9 all seats.

£5 TICKETS FOR UNDER 30'S FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF EACH OF THESE PRODUCTIONS WHEN BOOKED ONLINE
The Killing of Mr Toad, Painting a Wall, Apart From George
All performances at 7.30pm. Tickets £13, £9 concessions.

www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk