WORLD’S FIRST POP-UP THEATRE TO
VISIT DARLINGTON
Darlington’s Market Square will play host to the world’s first
pop-up, plug-in and play theatre – the Paines Plough Roundabout, from Thursday
5 to Sunday 8 October as part of Darlington Theatre Town.
Paines Plough
is the UK’s national theatre of new plays.
The company commissions and produces the best playwrights and tours their plays
far and wide. Paines Plough was formed in 1974 over a pint of Paines bitter in
the Plough pub. Since then they have produced more than 130 new productions by
world renowned playwrights like Stephen Jeffreys, Abi Morgan, Sarah Kane and
Mike Bartlett.
With a seating
capacity of 150 the Roundabout theatre will present a full calendar of events
while in Darlington, from children’s theatre and
straight plays to music and comedy. Backstage tours and meet the cast events
are also available.
Darlington Theatre Town
Darlington Theatre Town is an exciting new initiative to present the
most ambitious and high quality theatre in Darlington. The project brings together the expertise of
partners Creative Darlington, Darlington Hippodrome, Luxi, Theatre Hullabaloo
and ODDMANOUT to cement Darlington’s
place in the Tees
Valley as a Theatre Town and a place where theatre thrives.
The project, funded by the
Arts Council and Darlington Borough Council, grew from the opportunity
presented by the redevelopment of the Darlington Hippodrome, the exciting
development of Theatre Hullabaloo’s new theatre for young audiences ‘The
Hullabaloo’ and the momentum that has built over the last couple of years
around theatre in unusual places by events such as the award-winning
Jabberwocky Market.
Tickets:
For full details of what is
on in the Roundabout visit www.darlingtonhippodrome.co.uk
or to book call the box office on 01325 405405
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