Reduced Shakespeare Company's New Show 'LONG LOST FIRST PLAY' to Embark on UK Tour
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 19, 2017
Following its world premiere season at the Edinburgh Festival and a run at the renowned Folger Shakespeare Library, the brand new show from the Reduced Shakespeare Company embarks on its debut UK tour of 50 venues plus a week at Wilton's Music Hall in London.
Acclaimed stars of the West End stage, the Reduced Shakespeare Company, are back with another barnstormingly irreverent and breathtakingly hilarious celebration of our cultural heritage - as seen through the eyes of three Americans wearing trainers. In a better-late-than-never nod to the Bard's 400th anniversary, the bad boys of abridgement present this 'new' play by the man himself, as discovered in a Leicester car park.
Since its pass-the-hat origins in 1981, the Reduced Shakespeare Company has created ten world-renowned stage shows, two television specials, several failed TV pilots, and numerous radio pieces, all of which have been performed, seen, and heard the world over. The company's itinerary has included stops in the West End, off-Broadway, at the White House, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, London's West End, Seattle Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre and Montreal's famed Just For Laughs Festival, as well as performances in Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Malta, Singapore and Bermuda, plus countless civic and university venues throughout the USA, the UK, and Europe.
William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged), 2017 Tour Dates:
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Date |
Venue |
Town |
Box office number |
Website |
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1 & 2 Feb |
Lighthouse |
Poole |
01202 28 00 00 |
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3 Feb |
Norden Farm |
Maidenhead |
01628 788997 |
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4 Feb |
Playhouse |
Norwich |
01603 598598 |
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7 Feb |
Guildhall |
Preston |
01772 80 44 44 |
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8 Feb |
Pomegranate |
Chesterfield |
01246 345 222 |
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9 Feb |
Playhouse |
Nottingham |
0115 941 9419 |
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10 Feb |
Princess |
Somerset |
01278 784464 |
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11 Feb |
The Theatre |
Chipping Norton |
01608 642350 |
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12 Feb |
Town Hall |
Cheltenham |
0844 576 2210 |
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14 & 15 Feb |
Rep |
Birmingham |
0121 236 4455 |
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16 Feb |
Theatre Royal |
Bury St Edmunds |
01284 769505 |
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17 Feb |
Mercury |
Colchester |
01206 573948 |
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18 Feb |
PAC |
Lincoln |
01522 837600 |
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23 - 25 Feb |
Curve |
Leicester |
0116 242 3595 |
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2 Mar |
Woodville |
Gravesend |
08442 439 480 |
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3 Mar |
Wyvern Theatre |
Swindon |
01793 524 481 |
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4 Mar |
Ropetackle |
Shoreham |
01273 464440 |
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8 Mar |
The Lights |
Andover |
01264 368368 |
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9 Mar |
Riverfront |
Newport |
01633 656757 |
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10 Mar |
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre |
Taunton |
01823 414141 |
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11 Mar |
Plough Arts Centre |
Great Torrington |
01805 624624 |
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13 Mar |
Waterside Theatre |
Aylesbury |
0844 871 7607 |
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14 & 15 Mar |
Broadway |
Letchworth |
01462 681088 |
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16 Mar |
TownGate Theatre |
Basildon |
01268 465 465 |
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17 Mar |
Trinity |
Tunbridge Wells |
01892 678 678 |
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18 Mar |
Playhouse |
Salisbury |
01722 320 333 |
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21 Mar |
Opera House |
Buxton |
01298 72190 |
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22 Mar |
Waterside Arts Centre |
Sale |
0161 912 5616 |
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23 Mar |
Kings |
Glasgow |
0844 871 7648 |
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25 Mar |
Brewery Arts |
Kendal |
01539 725133 |
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26 Mar |
Forum |
Barrow |
01229 820000 |
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28 Mar - 1 Apr |
Wilton's Music Hall |
London |
020 7702 2789 |
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18 Apr |
Richmond Theatre |
London |
0844 871 7651 |
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21 Apr |
Alnwick Playhouse |
Alnwick |
01665 510785 |
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22 Apr |
The Junction |
Goole |
01405 763652 |
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23 Apr |
City Varieties |
Leeds |
0113 243 0808 |
|
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2 May |
The Princess Theatre |
Torquay |
0844 871 3023 |
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4 May |
Hertford Theatre |
Hertford |
01992 531 500 |
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5 May |
The Quarry at St Luke's |
Bedford |
01234 362269 |
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8 May |
Oxford Playhouse |
Oxford |
01865 305305 |
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11 May |
Subscription Rooms |
Stroud |
01453 760900 |
|
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12 May |
Thornbury Arts Festival |
Thornbury |
07762 717310 |
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13 May |
Stantonbury Theatre |
Milton Keynes |
01908 324422 |
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16 May |
The Regent Theatre |
Stoke-on-Trent |
0844 871 7649 |
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17 May |
Grand Pavilion |
Porthcawl |
01656 815995 |
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18 May |
The Swan Theatre |
Worcester |
01905 611427 |
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20 May |
Grand Opera House |
York |
0844 871 3024 |
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23 May |
New Victoria Theatre |
Woking |
0844 871 7645 |
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24 May |
Derby Theatre |
Derby |
01332 59 39 39 |
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25 May |
Leas Cliff Hall |
Folkestone |
0844 871 3015 |
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26 May |
Devonshire Park Theatre |
Eastbourne |
01323 412000 |
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28 May |
Churchill Theatre |
Bromley |
020 3285 6000 |
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