UK Premiere of MADAGASCAR Slated for Theatre503, 11 May to 5 June

J T Rogers' award-winning Madagascar will be given its UK premiere at Theatre503 from 11th May to 5th June, 2010.

Madagascar won the Pinter Review Prize, the American Theatre Critics' Association Osborne Award, and was awarded "Best Play of the Year" by the Miami Herald and the Miami New Times.

Three people are drawn irresistibly back to Rome to uncover the truth behind a young man's disappearance. To his mother he was an idealist who fled the West for Africa. His mother's lover remembers an angry misfit who threw his life away. But his sister thinks she knows why he really went missing, and a gripping story of desire, loneliness and betrayal unfolds.

J T Rogers' plays include the critically acclaimed The Overwhelming for the National Theatre (NT) and The Great Game for the Tricycle. His next play Blood and Gifts will premiere at the NT later this year. Madagascar was the winner of the Pinter Review Prize, the American Theatre Critics Association's Osborne Award, and Best Play of the Year by the Miami Herald and the Miami New Times.

Tom Littler is Artistic Director of Primavera, and recently directed Anyone Can Whistle (Jermyn Street Theatre), Origin of the Species (Arcola), Saturday Night (Jermyn Street, transferred to Arts Theatre), Jingo: A Farce of War (Finborough) and the Forgotten Classics series.

Theatre503 recently premiered the Olivier Award winning The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, which transferred to Trafalgar Studios 1. Showcasing the work of established playwrights trying to create something they wouldn't normally write goes hand in hand with Theatre503's other aim of launching new writers at the beginning of their careers.

Primavera's other recent productions include The Rivals (Southwark Playhouse).

Tickets and Performance Dates:

Tickets: £14/ £9 conc. (Tuesday 'pay what you can')

Dates: Tuesday 11th May - Saturday 5th June 2010

Times: Tuesday-Saturday 7.45pm, Sunday 5pm.

Box Office: 020 7978 7040 or visit www.theatre503.com

Theatre503 is located at The Latchmere Pub, 503 Battersea Park Road, London SW11 3BW

Nearest Tube: Sloane Square then bus 319 or South Kensington then bus 49 or 345. Nearest Rail: Clapham Junction (from Victoria or Waterloo) then 10 min walk or bus 49, 319, 344, 345

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THEATRE503 AWARDS

WINNER - 2010 OLIVIER AWARD, BEST NEW PLAY, THE MOUNTAINTOP BY Katori Hall

NOMINATED - 2009 TMA AWARD, THE LIFESAVERS BY FRAZER GRACE

WINNER - 2009 MEYER WHITWORTH AWARD, COTTON WOOL BY ALI TAYLOR

NOMINATED - 2009 EVENING STANDARD AWARD MOST PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT, THE MOUNTAINTOP BY Katori Hall * NOMINATED - 2008 Peter Brook EMPTY SPACE AWARD

NOMINATED - 2006 TIME OUT LIVE AWARD * WINNER - 2004 Peter Brook EMPTY SPACE AWARD

 

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