Hobson's Choice

  • By Harold Brighouse. In a new adaptation by Tanika Gupta. Directed by Pooja Ghai.
  • 31 May 2019 - 6 July 2019
  • The Theatre
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Tanika Gupta’s sparkling new version of this classic 1916 comedy finds a new home amid the 1980s Ugandan-Asian rag trade.

‘It’s a man’s world and you girls should keep within your boundaries and do as you’re told’

If tailor Hari Hobson isn’t bossing his daughters about in his Northern Quarter workshop, he’s putting the world to rights in his local pub. His oldest daughter, Durga, is the brains behind the operation. But when Hobson says that Durga is too valuable to lose and must give up all idea of getting married, she takes her fate into her own hands and opens a rival shop nearby.

Cutting through generational divides, it shows that in family life, some stories never get old – and some things never change.

  • Event Information

  • VENUE: The Theatre

    PERFORMANCE DATES: Friday 31 May - Saturday 6 July 2019

    PERFORMANCE TIMES: Matinees, 2.30pm / Evenings, 7.30pm. Half Price Previews - Friday 31 May, Saturday 1 June, Monday 3 June and Tuesday 4 June, all at 7.30pm.

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    TICKET INFORMATION: Standard Tickets from £18.50
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  • Creative Team

  • WRITER Tanika Gupta

    DIRECTOR Pooja Ghai

    DESIGNER Rosa Maggoria

    SOUND DESIGNER Arun Ghosh

    LIGHTING DESIGNER Matt Haskins

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    Friday 5 July, 12.30pm - 1.30pm 
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    Wednesday 3 July, following 7.30pm show. 
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    Saturday 29 June, 5.00pm - 6.30pm
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    INTRODUCING...
    Pre-show introduction to the play, led from the stage and featuring company members.
    Thursday 13 June, 10.30am - 12 noon. Tickets £6 / Concessions £4
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