Performance

Venue	Open Air Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	23rd July 2002
Opened	25th July 2002
To	3rd September 2002
When	Jul 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, Aug 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 28, 29, 30, 31, Sep 2, 3 at 20:00, Mats Jul 27, Aug 10, 29, 31 at 14:30
Prices	From £8.50. To £25.00.
Open Air Theatre (V403)
Current/Future Listings
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Oh What a Lovely War

Work:: Oh What a Lovely War (S1627)

Comic expose of the savage futility of war in general and the First World War in particular.' Your Country Needs You' - The rallying call for a generation to do their patriotic duty and fight for king and country. A slogan which resonates with bitter futility for doomed youth who fought and died in the Great War, which claimed 10 million lives and left twice that number wounded and maimed. Oh What a Lovely War tells the story of this defining event of the 20th century through songs, sketches and period newsreel. A rousing musical, presented as a music hall revue, this highly charged satire on war and its horror is, in turns, brilliantly comic and deeply moving.

Author

Joan Littlewood

Production:: (T1535377595)

Company	New Shakespeare Company
Director	Ian Talbot
Design	Kit Surrey
Lighting	Jason Taylor
Director	Catherine Jayes (music)
Choreographer	Gillian Gregory
Performer	John Conroy (M.C.)
Performer	Liza Sodovy
Performer	Audrey Palmer
Performer	Michael Sadler
Performer	Daniel Crossley
Performer	Jon Cartwright
Performer	Benedict Cumberbatch
Performer	Alicia Davies
Performer	Ben Goddard
Performer	John Hodgkinson
Performer	Abigail Langham
Performer	Adam Levy
Performer	Dominic March
Performer	Caitlin Mottram
Performer	Tam Mutu
Performer	Harry Peacock
Performer	Guy Vincent

Listing:: L1114806403

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