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New signings for Newcastle
The Season Ticket
Newcastle Northern Stage
Friday
23rd September – Saturday 8th October 2016
An update on the
story that inspired the hit film Purely Belter.
A play about love and friendship, hardship and the priceless currency of hope.
It’s very funny, very sad and utterly convincing.
The Season Ticket is coming to Newcastle’s
Northern Stage in Spetember. Directed by Pilot Theatre’s Associate Director
Katie Posner and adapted from Jonathan Tulloch’s novel by Lee
Mattinson, it’s a story of friendship, family
and football that follows
two young lads
from the wrong side of the tracks as they try to raise enough money to buy a
season ticket for their beloved Newcastle United.
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Will Graham and Niek
Versteeg celebrate
being cast outside St James' Park
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Pictures
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As part of
Northern Stage’s commitment to developing and supporting young talent in the
region, two young North East actors have been cast in the lead roles. 22 year
old Niek Versteeg from
CBBC’s
Wolfblood from Newcastle and
26 year old Will Graham from
Chester-le-Street who has appeared in BBC
series including Boy Meets Girl, Inspector George Gently and
Tracey Beaker Returns.
They will be
joined by Victoria Elliott (Get Carter, Northern Stage), Joe Caffrey (Wet House,
Live Theatre), Kevin Wathen (Get Carter, Northern Stage) and Laila Zaidi (West Side Story, Kilworth House).
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Director Katie Posner
and
Writer Lee Mattinson at St James' Park
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Working with
Northern Stage for the first time, award-winning writer Lee Mattinson will adapt
Jonathan Tulloch’s novel for the stage. Lee’s previous work includes Me and Cilla for BBC
Radio 3, Coronation Street for
ITV and for stage Snap (Young Vic), Gary Lineker is Gay (Paines Plough), Chalet Lines (Bush Theatre/Live Theatre).
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The cast of The Season
Ticket at St James' Park
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Lee said: “Working on The Season Ticket has been as
much of a rollercoaster as a football season and the first time I’ve adapted a
novel for the stage. The book crackles with such heartfelt dialogue and hopeful
determination that Gerry and Sewell’s world was a gift to disappear into. I’m a
huge fan of its previous incarnation, Purely Belter and, hopefully, the play is not only a re-telling of this Geordie
institution but also a fresh take on what it means to belong in 2016.”
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The cast of The Season
Ticket at St James' Park
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Pictures
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Katie Posner, Director said: “I believe
the greatest gift we as a society can offer our young people is hope. A belief
that their future can be as bright as they can imagine. However, like the
fortunes of the football team our story revolves around, sometimes these dreams
are checked by the harshness of reality.“
The Season Ticket is based on a novel about a pair of boys who become men as our tale
unfolds. Set in Gateshead it explores the forgotten voices of two young people and how their love
of Newcastle United offers them a sense of hope and belonging that is missing in
their lives.
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Will Graham as Sewell
and
Niek Versteeg as Gerry
at St James' Park
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Pictures
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“As Associate Director for Pilot Theatre I feel excited to collaborate
with Northern Stage on this uplifting and heartfelt tale of trying to overcome
the odds when the world seems set against you. It's my
third collaboration with the writer Lee Mattinson, who,
being a local playwright, brings an authentic voice to the drama. I, for one,
can't wait for the kick off.”
After opening at
Northern Stage The Season Ticket will
tour from October to York Theatre Royal, Theatre Royal Winchester and Dundee
Rep.
Tickets:
The Season Ticket comes to Newcastle Northern
Stage from Friday 23rd September – Saturday 8th October 2016.
Tickets from £15.50
Recommended age: 14+
Book online at www.northernstage.co.uk/whats-on/the-season-ticket
or call 0191 230 5151.
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