SYNOPSIS
WELCOME TO THE SIXTH ANNUAL BRITS OFF BROADWAY FESTIVAL - AND THE BEST YET! Seven shows, all dazzlingly different, and something for everyone!
Join us during the last weeks of 2009 and marvel at the wealth of talent that
Britain has to offer - for the first time in the history of Brits Off Broadway, all the shows are from England!
BritPass subscriptions are no longer available. Please visit each individual show page to purchase tickets.
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Each BritPass includes one ticket for each of the Festival shows:
November 3 - 22
RED SEA FISH
by Matt Wilkinson
Directed by Frank McCabe and Matt Wilkinson
Ray, a retired thief, sees out his days on the top floor of a tower block on the South Coast. Confined during the day by a rare skin condition, he's cared for by his son Terry, with whom he lives. When Terry invites a young runaway Karen back to the flat, she ignites long forgotten passions in Ray. A darkly funny and ultimately tender story about loss, identity and the folly of trying to control the world.
November 10 - December 6
WOLVES AT THE WINDOW (and Other Tales of Immorality)
by Toby Davies after Saki
Directed by Thomas Hescott
Discover why you must never tell the truth, marvel at why being nice never pays, and understand the complex rules to getting one over on your fellow man. Saki's biting tales of immorality are adapted for the stage by one of the UK's most up and coming comedy writers.
November 11 - December 13
MY WONDERFUL DAY
Written and Directed by Alan Ayckbourn
Winnie lives in a world full of adults. She's off of school for the day and has an essay to write, 'My Wonderful Day.' What better time to write it than today? What better source of material than the bizarre and increasingly frenetic comings and goings of adults in the weird household in which she finds herself? In a remarkable coup for 59E59 Theaters, My Wonderful Day arrives with its original cast, direct from its World Premiere at The Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.
November 24 - December 13
MERRICK, THE ELEPHANT MAN
Devised And Written By Mary Swan and Saul Jaffè
Directed By Mary Swan
Performed by Saul Jaffè
Proteus Theatre Company's 25th Anniversary production brilliantly re-conceives the moving, poetic and ultimately uplifting story of Joseph Merrick, who became famously known as The Elephant Man. A highly physical, one-man tour-de-force fusing burlesque, new circus and physical theatre.
December 9 - January 3
A BRITISH SUBJECT
by Nichola Mcauliffe
Directed By Hannah Eidinow
At the age of 18, Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British Subject, arrived in Pakistan. 24 hours later a taxi driver was dead and Tahir was tried for his murder. Condemned to hang in the Criminal Court, he spent 18 years on Death Row. Don Mackay of the Daily Mirror was the only journalist to visit him in that time. A British Subject is an extraordinary true-life tale of international politics and the media colliding with justice, civil liberties and, ultimately, faith.
December 15 - January 3
SIMON GREEN: Traveling Light (with David Shrubsole )
Following last year's sold out Coward At Christmas, Simon Green returns with virtuoso pianist, composer and arranger David Shrubsole, and his brand-new show for the holidays! With their inimitable interpretive expertise, Simon and David bring unique cabaret skills to some of the greatest musical writings of the 20th Century.
December 16 - January 3
FASCINATING AIDA - Absolutely Miraculous!
Fascinating Aida, Britain's glorious, satirical musical comedy trio (Adèle Anderson, Dillie Keane and Liza Pulman), have had more comeback tours than Barbra Streisand! The three-time Olivier Award Nominees make a triumphant return to Brits Off Broadway to entertain uptown sophisticates and downtown cynics prepared to plumb their heights of outrageousness.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BritPass subscriptions are no longer available. Please visit each individual show page to purchase tickets.
Already bought your BritPass? call the 59E59 box office at 212-753-5959 ext. 102 to select your show times.
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