FOUR MINUTES TWELVE SECONDS Transfers to Trafalgar Studios Tonight

He says they all do it. These kids, you know, they've got their phones. Film everything. Can't say I blame them. I would at that age.

Following wide acclaim at Hampstead Downstairs last year, James Fritz's Olivier-nominated debut play FOUR MINUTES TWELVE SECONDS, directed by award-winning director Anna Ledwich, transfers to Trafalgar Studios, running tonight 10th November - Saturday 5th December 2015 with Press Night on Thursday 12th November.

Kate Maravan will star as Di (British comedy series Broken News, BBC TV series New Tricks). Playing alongside her will be Jonathan McGuinness as David (BBC production of Wolf Hall, Love's Labour's Lost (The Royal Shakespeare Company)), Ria Zmitrowicz as Cara (Arcadia (The English Touring Theatre), The Crucible (The Royal Exchange)), and joining them for his Hampstead and Trafalgar Studios debut is Anyebe Godwin as Nick.

In a world where smartphones are ubiquitous, James Fritz's deeply provocative and desperately relevant drama throws light on the insidious opportunities new technology offers -- where nothing dies online, except reputation. What are the implications for teenagers growing up in the digital age with access to so much information, has technology now become an enabler for teenage sexuality?

Di and David have devoted their whole lives to giving their seventeen year old son Jack every opportunity they never had. But, a startling incident threatens to ruin everything they've strived for. Di and David struggle to find answers, doubting Jack's closest friends, Jack himself and ultimately themselves. Who can they trust as faith in their son's innocence begins to crumble?

Fritz recently received critical acclaim for his sell-out play Ross & Rachel starring Molly Vevers at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, for which Vevers won The Stage Award for Acting Excellence. He began writing FOUR MINUTES TWELVE SECONDS following a conversation with his mother, questioning what he would have had to do for her to turn him in to the police. What followed was an exploration into the morality of having children and how parents' relationships change as children become adults capable of making their own choices. What if those choices are wrong?

FOUR MINUTES TWELVE SECONDS earned Fritz an Olivier Award nomination and was runner-up for the Verity Bargate Award in 2013.

This production is part of 'Hampstead Theatre at the Trafalgar Studios' alongside The Wasp by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm.

IF YOU GO:

FOUR MINUTES TWELVE SECONDS

Tuesday 10th November - Saturday 5th December 2015
Monday - Saturday 7.45pm, Thursday and Saturday matinees 3pm (90 minutes)

At Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DY

Trafalgar Studios is located on Whitehall. The nearest underground stations are Charing Cross (on the Bakerloo and Northern lines), Embankment (on the Bakerloo, Northern, Circle and District lines), Westminster (on the Jubilee, Circle and District lines) and Leicester.

Tickets are available for £15, £25, £30 and Groups £19.50 from the Trafalgar Studios Box Office and www.atgtickets.com/venues/trafalgar-studios, 0844 871 7632

FOUR MINUTES TWELVE SECONDS was James's first full length play. It was runner up of the Soho Theatre's 2013 Verity Bargate Award, premiered at Hampstead Theatre downstairs in autumn 2014 and was nominated for an Olivier Award. His latest play, Ross and Rachel (A virtuosic piece of writing (Time Out)) opened to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer. He is currently under commission to Hampstead Theatre.

Watch a trailer for the show below!

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