Details

At the heart of the play is a gay love story set in York in the early 1960s. While putting on the York Miracle Plays, a middle class young man has met a working class man and tries to persuade him to leave York for London, where he is working in the theatre. But unlike so many working class artists in the 1960s, he stays at home. The play is also a meditation on art, and in particular on the existence of an alternative tradition that goes back to the York Mystery Cycles whose work is both tough and emotional, unsentimental and profoundly felt.

Cast/Performers

Ben Batt, Lucy Black, Lesley Nicol, Katie West, Matthew Wilson, Brian Fletcher

Creatives/Company

Author: Peter Gill
Producer: Donmar Warehouse
Director: Robert Hastie
Design: Peter McKintosh
Lighting: Paul Pyant
Sound: Emma Laxton
Music: Richard Taylor

The York Realist

The York Realist (Play) production archive for QTIX code T954884149. Details of all The York Realist archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S0256077900

Archive Listings

27 Mar 18 to 7 Apr 18	Sheffield Theatres Sheffield, South Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive
8 Feb 18 to 24 Mar 18	Donmar Warehouse West End, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

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