10 January - 3 February 2007
mon – sat eves 7.45pm
thu 11th Jan only 7pm
wed & sat matinees 3pm

No show on Monday 22 January

tickets:
mon eves £15
tues - sat eves & mats £22.50
concessions £15
(excluding fri & sat eves)

Extra Show!
Friday 26th Jan at 5pm.
All tickets only £15 for this show!

box office 0870 060 6632

theatre of memory presents

the west end premiere of

bash

latterday plays
by neil la bute
directed by tamara harvey
designed by rob howell
lighting design by emma chapman
music composed by claire van kampen

Time Out Show of the Week and Critics' Choice *****

From the co-director of the critically acclaimed One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and the uk tour The Graduate, this new production of labute’s award-winning play gives an unblinking portrait of the evils that are abroad in everyday life.

a utah businessman confides a family secret to a stranger in a las vegas hotel room. a pair of high school sweethearts recount the unnerving events of an anniversary weekend in new york city. and in nevada, a woman breaks her silence to reveal the consequences of a life-defining relationship with her junior high school teacher. a startling and darkly brilliant triptych, bash is distinguished by the raw, lyrical intensity that has become neil labute’s signature.

starring: harry lloyd, juliet rylance, david sturzaker and jodie whittaker

Time Out Show of the Week and Critics' Choice *****

'sturzaker's slick, insinuating, pony-tailed huckster superbly captures ... the character...'
daily mail, ****

'no playwright on the planet is writing better'
the new yorker

'make your way to the trafalgar studios for tamara harvey's poised-as-a-predator production.'

'a breathtaking performance from juliet rylance'
time out *****

'tamara harvey's simple, firm and ultimately beautiful direction creates three vignettes of extraordinary power'
uk theatre web ****

'one of the most important playwrights to emerge in a decade'
the new yorker

harry lloyd and jodie whittaker 'make our own hearts stop as they gently, smilingly intertwine innocence and evil'
the independent on sunday

'labute was, is, a major american talent.'
the times ****

'harry lloyd and jodie whittaker are horribly authentic'
daily mail ****

'tamara harvey directs a compelling, superbly acted production for the theatre of memory company'

'rylance, beautiful, frank and intensely likeable' ... 'there are moments of pain and abandonment here that suggest an actress who might well ripen into greatness.'
telegraph

'neil labute's three confessional tales that make up bash make for raw, shocking and intense evening of theatre.'
sunday express ****

produced by theatre of memory and jenny macdonald

PLEASE NOTE: Age minimum recommendation 15 years. Contains references to extreme violence