CURRENT productions
English Touring Theatre & Treatment Theatre present
Saskia Reeves & Rafe Spall in
Helo and Goodbye
by Athol Fugard
A brother. A sister. An uncovered past…
Directed by Paul Robinson
Vivid…Electric…Superb
Time Out Critic’s Choice
Excellent
The Guardian
Achingly poignant…Paul Robinson’s meticulous production’
Evening Standard * * * *
Terrific… articulate…visceral… A vital piece of theatre’ Metro * * * *
Johnny is alone in the family home, surrounded by squalor, when a stranger arrives. In one tense and desperate night a sibling reunion evokes powerful childhood memories and long-buried, aching secrets are unearthed…
Hello and Goodbye, by the internationally acclaimed and award winning playwright Athol Fugard, is a raw and profound autobiographical play which captures the explosive conflict between siblings Johnny and Hester. This West End premiere exposes the rotten underbelly of ruptured lives in Port Elizabeth, South Africa under the dark cloud of apartheid.
Saskia Reeves is one of our most celebrated actresses with a career spanning film, TV and theatre including Dune, Spooks, Butterfly Kiss, Close My Eyes, The Woman Before at The Royal Court, Orpheus Descending (Donmar)and recently Complicite’s A Disappearing Number (Barbican). She is joined by Rafe Spall, recently acclaimed for this role in the TV adaptation of A Room with a View. His other acting credits include A Prayer for Owen Meaney (National Theatre), and The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Barbican). Film credits include the cult films Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead. Director Paul Robinson is joint Artistic Director at Theatre503. His recent credits include the critically acclaimed Who Killed Mr Drum ? and Breakfast with Mugabe.
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Trafalgar Studios 2
22 April - 17 May
Box Office 0870 060 6632
Ticketmaster 0870 534 4444
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Evenings: 7.45pm (24 April at 7pm)
Thu & Sat Mat: 3pm (except Thur 24 April)
Tickets: Mon Eve: £15
Other performances: £22.50
Concessions: £15
14 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DY
www.theambassadors.com/trafalgarstudios
www.treatmenttheatre.com
Who Killed Mr Drum to tour South Africa
Based on Sylvester Stein's searing true story, Who Killed Mr Drum? brings apartheid South Africa's black underbelly jumping to life - and tells of the often fatal cost to these journalists in their ultimately successful to win freedom.
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