FARM BOY Gets NY Premiere At Brits Off Broadway, Begins 12/7

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes the return of New Perspectives Theatre Company to 59E59 Theaters with the US premiere of Michael Morpurgo's FARM BOY, adapted and directed by Daniel Buckroyd. FARM BOY begins performances on Wednesday, December 7 for a limited engagement through Sunday, January 1. Press opening is Tuesday, December 13 at 7:15 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7:15 PM; Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM & 8:15 PM; Sunday at 3:15 PM & 7:15 PM. Tickets are $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org. For more information, visit www.britsoffbroadway.com.

Please note the following Holiday schedule from December 20 - January 1: Tue, Wed & Thu 7:15, Fri 8:15, Sat 2:15 & 7:15, Sun 3:15. There is an additional performance on Thursday, December 29 at 2:15.

Award-winning writer Michael Morpurgo's compelling sequel to his acclaimed novel War Horse is a moving account of the changing face of the English countryside. This magical tale of the bonds between grandfather and grandson is brought to life in this delightful show combining drama, storytelling and original music. FARM BOY is a beautifully crafted reminder that stories really can reach out across the generations.

Called "a must-see sequel" by London's Daily Mail, the production received tremendous reviews in Edinburgh and on its subsequent UK tour. The Daily Telegraph enthused, "the very bareness of the piece, its reliance on the power of words alone, is a reminder that theatre doesn't always need puppets and effects (lovely though they are) to hold the attention!" And the BBC said "It's how theater should be done!"

The production features John Walters and Richard Pryal. The lighting designer is Mark Dymock. Original music is composed by Matt Marks.

Daniel Buckroyd (adapter/director) joined New Perspectives as Artistic Director in 2003, having previously worked as Associate Director of the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton 1996 - 2003, Artistic Director of Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company 1992 - 1996, and Education Director of the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester 1988 - 1992. For New Perspectives directing includes: Those Magnificent Men (2011 tour); Lark Rise To Candleford; Dolly; Farm Boy; Those Magnificent Men (2010 tour); The Falling Sky; Faith Healer; Farm Boy; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; The Farm; In Search of Pontiflunk; The Hired Man (Brits Off Broadway 2008); On Saturdays This Bed is Poland; Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; The Iron Man; The Allotment; Not Now, Bernard & Other Monster Stories; The Evidence; The Ghost Downstairs; The Butterfly Lion and The Long Way Home. Other directing includes: the first ever staging of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; a tour of Bill's New Frock that included the National's Olivier Theatre; Yeat's King Oedipus; the original stage production of Quadrophenia; Roger Lloyd Pack in The Caretaker; Peter Pan at Polka Theatre; and currently Michael Morpurgo's Friend Or Foe for Scamp Theatre & Watford Palace.