LAND OF OUR FATHERS to Return to London at FOUND111 This Spring

Following two critically-acclaimed runs in London and a UK tour, which started at the Wales Millennium Centre, Chris Urch's debut play LAND OF OUR FATHERS will come to London for one last time at FOUND111 (Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0DT), Tuesday 8th - Saturday 19th March 2016. Press night is slated for Thursday 10th March at 7.30pm.

This funny and deeply moving Welsh mining drama, directed by Paul Robinson, is packed full of blistering comedy and echoes a generation of lost voices.

It's May 1979 in South Wales. Thatcher is counting her votes, Sid Vicious is spinning in his grave and six Welsh miners are trapped down a coal mine. As the men await their rescue, secrets emerge and accusations fly. Within two weeks, everything they believe in and everything they know will have changed.

Co-producer, Tara Finney, says, "LAND OF OUR FATHERS started its life in autumn 2013 in a 63-seat theatre in Battersea, Theatre503. We thought we had something special, but with a new play, there's always nervousness about whether it will all come together. We were overwhelmed by the response from critics and audience alike. Two and a half years later, the production has had a West End run, visited 15 venues around the UK and we're delighted to conclude its wonderful journey by bringing the production back to London one final time."

Graeme Farrow, Artistic Director and co-producer, Wales Millennium Centre, says, "On its tour of the UK, audiences received LAND OF OUR FATHERS with incredible warmth and support. Following such success of this Welsh mining drama, it's wonderful to see work we have co-produced - especially work with such a strong Welsh heart - returning to London, and to see our ambition to carry Wales across the border and onto an international map, beginning to take shape."

LAND OF OUR FATHERS was also a winner of Time Out's Critic's Choice and Fringe Show of the Year 2013. Following an elusive five star review from The Stage at the Wales Millennium Centre, the production was awarded with a Critic's Pick for the UK Tour.

Original cast members Joshua Price (Llwyth/Tribe) and Taylor Jay-Davies (Great Expectations - West End, The Passion) reprise their roles as Mostyn and Chewy. They are joined by John Cording (Pobol Y Cwm, Da Vinci's Demons), Tomos Eames (Pride, Resistance), Cornelius Booth (Pride & Prejudice) and Robert Jezek (The Bodyguard - West End).

LAND OF OUR FATHERS by Chris Urch runs Tuesday 8th - Saturday 19th March at 7.30pm, with Saturday matinees at 2.30pm. No performance on Sunday. Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes, including interval. Tickets are available priced £30 (£25 concessions). Available from www.sohotheatre.com.

Theatre503 is the award-winning home of ground-breaking plays. It produces work that is game- changing, relevant, mischievous, thrilling and theatrical. Theatre503 has been a flagship fringe venue for over thirty years, and has grown from strength to strength under the artistic leadership of Paul Robinson over the last 10 years. Proud to be 'arguably the most important theatre in Britain' (The Guardian) it stages more than fifty new plays or readings each year and offering more opportunities to new writers than any theatre in the country. For more information about Theatre503, see www.theatre503.com.

Tara Finney Productions was set up in 2013 to produce the critically acclaimed LAND OF OUR FATHERS (Time Out's Fringe Show of the Year 2013) at Theatre503 which transferred to Trafalgar Studios in 2014 and tours nationally this year. In 2015 she produced WINK by Phoebe Eclair- Powell and is currently developing new plays with Jon Brittain and Luke Barnes. For more information about Tara Finney Productions Ltd, see www.tarafinney.com.

Wales Millennium Centre is a landmark arts venue and a cultural destination. Opened in 2004, its founding mission is to bring the best of the world to Wales and to showcase the best of Wales to the world. The Centre is internationally recognised for its striking architecture and was recently declared a National Treasure by the National Lottery following a public vote. On its 7.5 acre site in Cardiff Bay, the Centre has a 1900 seat lyric theatre, named after its founding patron Sir Donald Gordon, designed for opera, large scale musicals, ballet and contemporary dance. Other performance spaces include a 250 seat studio theatre, a dance house, 350 seat recital hall and a state of the art recording facility, BBC Hoddinott Hall. Annually the centre receives over 1.5 million visitors making it Wales' number one visitor attraction. The Centre provides one of the largest free performance programmes in the UK and engages with nearly 90,000 young people annually through its Creative Learning and Community Engagement programme. Wales Millennium Centre is also home to eight other cultural organisations, including Welsh National Opera, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Literature Wales, as well as inclusive arts organisation, Hijinx Theatre and the Touch Trust. Wales Millennium Centre is a registered charity, number - 1060458. For more information, see www.wmc.org.uk.

Found111 is a temporary space at 111 Charing Cross Road, the original site of the Central St Martins School of Art. For decades the site has been a hub of creativity and the springboard for some of the most seminal artists of our contemporary cultural landscape. Run by Emily Dobbs, FOUND111 is a temporary space for exciting theatre in a unique site specific environment, in the heart of Soho. For more information about FOUND111, see www.emilydobbsproductions.com.

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