
WORLD PREMIERE
BRITANNIA WAVES THE RULES
"A job is a wage and a wage is a cage in a town like mine."
- 22 July 2014 - 26 July 2014
- The Studio
“I want the audience to be taken on a ride with the play; it can be arresting and take an audience by the scruff of the neck.” Gareth Farr, Writer
Carl doesn't fit in at home. He doesn’t fit in anywhere. When he signs up for the army, he sees it as a chance to escape the grim reality of life in his hometown. But the army takes him to Afghanistan. And when he comes home, it’s not as a war hero but as a changed man.
BRITANNIA WAVES THE RULES won a Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2011. Gareth Farr has been working as a professional actor for the past eleven years, working with the RSC, The Royal Court, Young Vic and in the West End. He has been part of the Royal Court Writers Programme and Super Group and had worked developed and performed at The Green Room Studio Theatre in Manchester. Gareth has also written for the Tristan Bates Ignition scheme and has since been invited to develop his work for them into a full production. Britannia Waves the Rules is his first full length play.
This story about contemporary conflict will run in repertoire with a reworking of literatures oldest war poem - THE LAST DAYS OF TROY. With members of the same cast, it too sees men going off to war. Yet this heartfelt tale illuminates people and places that have been forgotten. In contrast to Troy’s armies marching lustily into battle, Carl is one man unable to escape the horrors of war.
- Event Information
VENUE: The Theatre
PERFORMANCE DATES: 27 May - 7 June 2014 (In repertoire with THE LAST DAYS OF TROY)
PERFORMANCE TIMES: Tuesday 27 May: 2.30pm / Tuesday 27 May: 7.30pm / Wednesday 28 May: 7.30pm / Monday 2 June: 7.30pm / Wednesday 4 June: 7.30pm / Saturday 7 June: 5.45pm
TICKET PRICES: All tickets £12
BOOK TICKETS: Box Office: 0161 833 9833 / online
- Creative Team
DIRECTOR Nick Bagnall
DESIGNER Ashley Martin-Davis
LIGHTING Chris Davey
SOUND Pete Rice
COMPOSER Alex Baranowski
FIGHTS Kevin McCurdy
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Liz Stevenson- Related Events
AFTER SHOW DISCUSSION: Wednesday 4 June, after 7.30pm performance
- Accessible Performances
AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE: Saturday 7 June, 5:45pm
CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE: Saturday 7 June, 5:45pm
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Carl Jackson
Dan Parr
Bilko / Recruiting Officer / Anthony Appleton / Ensemble
Michael Peavoy
Carl's Dad / Uncle Charles / Andy Appleton / Ensemble
Roger Evans
Carl's Mum / Goldie
Francesca Zoutewelle