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And Then Come The Nightjars
Friday 6th March - Saturday 21st March
A Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds In-House Production.
Written by Bea Roberts. Directed by Owen Calvert-Lyons.
A tender, frank and funny play about a West Country farm struggling to survive the Foot and Mouth pandemic.
South Devon, 2001. Disease ravages the countryside, pyres are lit on the horizon, and dairy herdsman Michael is trapped as his farm becomes a battleground for his business, his heritage, and his friendship with local vet Jeff. Ten years on and the battle scars are as evident on their relationship as they are on the landscape.
Bea Roberts’ play And Then Come The Nightjars charts the struggle of one farm amidst a crisis that saw the slaughter of four million animals and the postponement of a General Election. The play was joint winner of the inaugural Theatre503 Playwriting Award.
“A tender, finely observed portrait of male friendship, and a stirring requiem for the vanishing dignity of rural England” – Evening Standard
“A right little cracker, a small but beautifully observed two-hander about a dying way of life and male friendship that spans 12 years… a savagely funny and sad play” – Guardian
Access Performances:
- BSL Interpreted: 7:30pm, Fri 13 March
- Audio Described: 7:30pm, Sat 14 March
- Captioned: 2pm and 7:30pm, Thurs 19 March
Theatre Royal Productions
Each year we make four distinctive, beautifully-staged in-house productions of our own.
The income from these productions is retained by Theatre Royal (in comparison to visiting, touring shows where we retain only between 20% and 30% of the ticket income) and is used to support our programme of work in the community, to enable us to create high quality and diverse theatre and to maintain and run our beautiful 206 year old theatre – to keep it thriving for future generations.
So, if you purchase a ticket for Rapunzel or And Then Come The Nightjars, we want to say a huge THANK YOU! Your support means so much.
David Hounslow
Michael
Antony Eden
Jeff
Dates & Tickets
Fri 6 Mar
7:30 pm
Sat 7 Mar
2:00 pm
Sat 7 Mar
7:30 pm
Tue 10 Mar
7:30 pm
Wed 11 Mar
7:30 pm
Thu 12 Mar
2:00 pm
Thu 12 Mar
7:30 pm
Fri 13 Mar
7:30 pm
Sat 14 Mar
2:00 pm
Sat 14 Mar
7:30 pm
Tue 17 Mar
7:30 pm
Wed 18 Mar
7:30 pm
Thu 19 Mar
2:00 pm
Thu 19 Mar
7:30 pm
Fri 20 Mar
7:30 pm
Sat 21 Mar
2:00 pm
Sat 21 Mar
7:30 pm
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Captioned
Relaxed
Audio Described
British Sign Language Interpreted
Touch Tour
Suitable for Schools
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