For Short. Theatre Company's ANATOMY OF A MURDER Opens 7/1

Due to unforeseen circumstances, For Short. Theatre Company's previously announced London premiere of Elihu Winer's revolutionary courtroom drama, Anatomy of a Murder , will now run from 1-27th July 2013 at site-specific venue, Audit House, Victoria Embankment. Tickets are on sale and can be exchanged via the Pleasance Theatre Box Office (www.pleasance.co.uk).

"As a lawyer, I've had to learn that people aren't just good or just bad. People are many things."

Paul Biegler isn't looking forward to becoming a defence attorney but his first case is sensational: a Lieutenant is accused of murdering the bartender who allegedly raped his wife. It's a high-stakes battle of wit and determination as Biegler uses every device to save the officer's neck.

Initially released as a novel by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D.Voelker under the pseudonym Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Murder was turned in to a critically acclaimed film starring James Stewart in 1959. An intense trial-based play, it is ideally suited to For Short.'s uniquely up-close style of theatre performance.

Anatomy of a Murder marks For Short.'s first production in the development of the company's Elevator platform scheme that aims to create industry opportunities for young and emerging talent in the UK. Rehearsals begin on the 20 May 2013, and will see the ensemble taking part in workshops with established industry professionals such as Malcolm Sinclair and Susannah Waters. For Short. work under the official patronage of Simon Russell Beale and Mark Rylance, who has said of the company, "I applaud this new initiative. These artists are busy being born."

For Short. are a young theatre troupe who turned to disused spaces when unable to afford more traditional theatrical venues. For Short. specialise in adopting pop-up locations for their charm and function to perform appropriate plays, letting art truly reflect life. They have received acclaim for their visceral staging of new and published works, including Dennis Kelly's Orphans and Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West:

"A company on the pulse of the new age of exciting theatre" - Sydenham Post.

Anatomy of a Murder is being produced by For Short. Theatre Company in association with Pleasance Theatre Trust (http://pleasance.co.uk) by kind permission of Samuel French Ltd.

Audit House is being used by kind permission of 3Space (http://3space.org)

Venue: 3Space Hub Blackfriars, Audit House, 58 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DS

(Nearest Tube: Blackfriars)

Dates: 1-3, 7-10, 14-20, 22-27 July 2013

(Monday - Saturdays, 7.30pm. Saturday & Sunday Matinees, 2.30pm)

Press Night: 9 July 2013, 7pm

Ticket Prices: £12 (£8 concessions)

Box Office: 0207 609 1800

Website: http://www.forshorttheatre.com

Contact: forshort.theatre@live.co.uk, Patrick Holt: 07919578532

Twitter: @ForShortTheatre

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