Trafalgar Studios 2, London
Running time: 1hr 10min (no interval)
Age Restrictions: To be confirmed.
Tickets from £42.00
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Tara Finney Productions presents
The Greatest Play in the History of the World…
By Ian Kershaw
A man wakes in the middle of the night to discover that the world has stopped.
Through the crack in his bedroom curtains he can see no signs of life at all...other than a light in the house opposite where a woman in an over-sized Bowie T-shirt stands, looking back at him.
Starring 2018 BAFTA nominee Julie Hesmondhalgh (Coronation Street, Broadchurch), The Greatest Play... is squashed full of exquisite observation and heartbreaking beauty.
Following a sell-out run at Traverse Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018, where Hesmondhalgh was the winner of The Stage Edinburgh Award, The Greatest Play… transfers to Trafalgar Studios for six weeks only.
The production was originally produced in association with the Royal Exchange, Manchester.
★★★★ ‘about as close as theatre can come to being hugged for 70 minutes non-stop’ Independent
★★★★ ‘as clever as Einstein, as cosy as a pair of old slippers, and a joy to watch’ The Herald
★★★★ ‘expertly directed by Raz Shaw’ Evening Standard
★★★★ ‘a love letter to life’ Mail on Sunday
★★★★ ‘just magical’ What’s On Stage
★★★★ ‘a quirky and charming little play which is beautifully executed by Hesmondhalgh’ Broadway World
Director Raz Shaw
Designer Naomi Kuyck-Cohen
Lighting Designer Jack Knowles
Composer & Sound Designer Mark Melville
Trafalgar Studios 2
Trafalgar Studios 2
14 Whitehall, London SW1A 2DY, United Kingdom
London
SW1A 2DY
Trafalgar Studios is London’s most exciting new venue. Formerly The Whitehall Theatre until 2004, is a West End theatre in Whitehall, near Trafalgar Square, in the City of Westminster, London. It is a unique development with two intimate, flexible and dynamic performance spaces -Studio 1 and Studio 2. Trafalgar Studios prides itself as a starting place for new productions to find their home in London.
The smaller studio, Trafalgar Studio 2 features innovative work from both national and international companies. Shows featured in the past at Trafalgar Studios 2 include: The Trials of Oscar Wilde, Sikes And Nancy, and Miss Havisham's Expectations.
The theatre was Grade II listed by English Heritage in December 1996, noting "The auditorium has a decorative cohesion and prettiness rare in theatres of its day, and has the best surviving original fabric of this type of theatre".
