
TOURING THE NORTH WEST
BRITANNIA WAVES THE RULES TOUR
"A job is a wage and a wage is a cage in a town like mine."
- 2 October 2015 - 29 October 2015
- On Tour / External
A new, reimagining of the Bruntwood Prize winning BRITANNIA WAVES THE RULES goes on a tour of the North West, starting at the Royal Exchange Swan Street Studio.
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.
“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
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.
THE AUTUMN 2015 TOUR
MANCHESTER
Friday 2 October, 7.30pm and Saturday 3 October, 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Ticket Prices: All tickets £7
Box Office: 0161 833 9833 / online
Venue: Swan Street Studios, 47-53 Swan Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 5JY
BLACKPOOL
Monday 5 October, 7pm
Ticket Price: All tickets £6
Box Office: 01253 290190 www.leftcoast.org.uk
Venue: University Centre, Bennett Avenue, Blackpool FY1 4EE
WORKINGTON
Wednesday 7 October, 7pm and Thursday 8 October, 1.30pm
Ticket Prices: £12 / £6 under 26s and groups
Box Office 01946 692422 www.rosehilltheatre.co.uk
Venue: Lakes College Lillyhall, Workington CA14 4JN
PARTINGTON
Monday 12 October, 7pm
Ticket Prices: £7 / £5 concessions
Book via Royal Exchange Box Office 0161 833 9833
Venue: Broadoak School, Warburton Lane, Partington, Manchester M31 4BU
BURNLEY
Thursday 15 October 1pm & 7.30pm
Tickets: £7 BYT members / £3 discounts available for group bookings
Box Office 01282 458655 www.ticketsource.co.uk/burnleyartscentre
Venue: Burnley Arts Centre, Queens Park Road, Burnley BB10 3LB
CHORLTON
Thursday 22 October 7pm
Tickets: £5 / £3 on the door or in advance between 3pm – 4pm on reception
Venue: The Blue Box Theatre, Chorlton High School, Nell Lane, Chorlton M21 7SL
ST HELENS
Thursday 29 October, 7pm
Ticket Prices: £6 / £5 St.Helens Library Card Holder / £2.50 concessions
Book online at www.culturalhubs.eventbrite.co.uk or call into any Library in St.Helens to purchase your tickets
Venue: St.Helens Central Library, Victoria Square, St.Helens WA10 1DY
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- Event Information
VENUE: Swan Street Studios, 47-53 Swan Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 5JY
PERFORMANCES: Friday 2 October 7.30pm & Saturday 3 October, 2.30pm & 7.30pm.
TICKET PRICES: All tickets £7
BOOK TICKETS: Box Office: 0161 833 9833 / online
ON TOUR...
BLACKPOOL
Monday 5 October, 7pm
Ticket Prices: All tickets £6
Box Office: 01253 290190 www.leftcoast.org.uk
Venue: University Centre, Bennett Avenue, Blackpool FY1 4EE
WORKINGTON
Wednesday 7 October, 7pm and Thursday 8 October, 1.30pm
Ticket Prices: £12 / £6 under 26s and groups
Box Office 01946 692422 www.rosehilltheatre.co.uk
Venue: Lakes College Lillyhall, Workington CA14 4JN
PARTINGTON
Monday 12 October, 7pm
Ticket Prices: £7 / £5 concessions
Book via Royal Exchange Box Office 0161 833 9833
Venue: Broadoak School, Warburton Lane, Partington, Manchester M31 4BUBURNLEY
Thursday 15 October 1pm & 7.30pm
Tickets: £7 BYT members / £3 discounts available for group bookings
Box Office 01282 458655 www.ticketsource.co.uk/burnleyartscentre
Venue: Burnley Arts Centre, Queens Park Road, Burnley BB10 3LBST HELENS
Thursday 29 October, 7pm
Ticket Prices: £6 / £5 St.Helens Library Card Holder / £2.50 concessions
Book online at www.culturalhubs.eventbrite.co.uk or call into any Library in St.Helens to purchase your tickets
St.Helens Central Library, Victoria Square, St.Helens WA10 1DYCHORLTON
Thursday 22 October 7pm
Tickets: £5 / £3 on the door or in advance between 3pm – 4pm on reception
Venue: The Blue Box Theatre, Chorlton High School, Nell Lane, Chorlton M21 7SL- Creative Team
DIRECTOR Dan Bird
DESIGNER Louie Whitemore
SOUND DESIGNER Peter Rice