Finborough Theatre Announces Updates To Third Season Of 2009

The multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre's third season of 2009 features the world premiere of a new play from acclaimed playwright, actor and novelist Nigel Planer; the European premiere of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical; one of Bernard Shaw's rarest plays, unseen in London for more than twenty years; the London debuts of two award-winning playwrights - Iain Finlay MacLeod, one of Scotland's most prolific contemporary Scots Gaelic writers, and Michael Healey, one of Canada's most successful dramatists; and the first revival in sixty years of the classic autobiographical Welsh comedy by actor, dramatist and local resident Emlyn Williams. We continue to offer £5 tickets for under 30's for the first week of our main productions when booked online.

The season begins with Death of Long Pig, an exotic and darkly comic play by actor, novelist and playwright Nigel Planer which runs from 7 July to 1 August 2009. This is followed by the long-overdue European premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical State Fair, running from 4 August to 29 August 2009. Bernard Shaw's political extravaganza Too True to be Good ends the season and runs from 1 September to 26 September 2009.

This season's Sunday and Monday productions are I Was a Beautiful Day, the English premiere of a new play by Iain Finlay MacLeod, and originally commissioned by the Traverse Theatre, playing on 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 and 27 July 2009; the European premiere of award-winning Generous, the London debut of multi-award-winning Canadian playwright Michael Healey, on 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24 August 2009; and The Druid's Rest, the classic autobiographical Welsh comedy by Emlyn Williams on 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21 September 2009.

DEATH OF LONG PIG
7 July - 1 August 2009
The world premiere of a new play by Nigel Planer. Directed by Alexander Summers.
A exotic and darkly comic play set in Samoa and Tahiti, exploring the duality of experience from the perspectives of two great artists as they usher death into their island home.

STATE FAIR
4 August - 29 August 2009
The European premiere of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Directed by Thom Southerland.
The long-awaited European professional premiere of the classic film and Broadway musical.

TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD
1 September - 26 September 2009
A Political Extravaganza by Bernard Shaw. Directed by Sarah Norman. A bizarrely hilarious and unfortunately contemporary analysis of out-of-control wealth.

I WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY
Sundays and Mondays, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 and 27 July 2009
The English Premiere of a haunting new play by Iain F. MacLeod. Directed by Beckie Mills. An intimate, funny and deeply moving tale of resilience, memory and cartography.

GENEROUS
Sundays and Mondays, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24 August 2009
The London debut of multi-award-winning Canadian playwright Michael Healey. Directed by Eleanor Rhode. Politically-charged, sharply-written and hilarious, an award-winning tour-de-force from one of Canada's most successful playwrights.

THE DRUID'S REST
Sundays and Mondays, 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 September 2009
The first London revival in sixty years of the classic autobiographical Welsh comedy by Emlyn Williams. Directed by David Cottis.

 

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