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   Thursday 6th September
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Based on the novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens
7.00 p.m. £11/£10 Age 13+
Running time: approx. 3 hours including host introduction and one 20-minute intermission.
Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs. Shears’ dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork. Christopher has an extraordinary brain, exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world. The cast includes Luke Treadaway and Niamh Cusack. Simon Stephens’ adaptation offers a richly theatrical exploration of the touching and bleakly humorous, award-winning novel by Mark Haddon.
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 Thursday 11th October
The Last of the Haussmans
A new play by Stephen Beresford
7. 00 p.m. £11/£10 (Friends of The Edge)
Running time: approx. 3 hours including host introduction and one 20-minute intermission.
Stephen Beresford’s eagerly-anticipated new play is a funny, touching and sometimes savage portrait of a family that’s losing its grip. Anarchic, feisty but growing old, high society drop-out Judy Haussman (Julie Walters) remains in spirit with the Ashrams of the 1960s while holding court in her dilapidated Art Deco house on the Devon coast. After an operation, she’s joined by wayward offspring Nick and Libby (Rory Kinnear and Helen McCrory), sharp-eyed granddaughter Summer, local doctor Peter, and Daniel, a troubled teenager who makes use of the family’s crumbling swimming pool. Together they share a few sweltering months in this chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments, free love and failure.
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 Thursday 1st November
Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
7.00 p.m. £11/£10 (Friends of The Edge)
Running time: approx. 3 hours including host introduction and one 20-minute intermission.
Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in Shakespeare’s strange fable of consumption, debt and ruin, written in collaboration with Thomas Middleton. Wealthy friend to the rich and powerful, patron of the arts, ostentatious host, Timon of Athens (Simon Russell Beale) is surrounded by free-loaders and sycophants. He vastly outspends his resources but, finding his coffers empty, reassures his loyal steward that all will be well. When he calls upon his associates, instead of offering help, they hang him out to dry. After a final, vengeful banquet, Timon withdraws to a literal and emotional wasteland, living off roots and pouring curses on a morally bankrupt Athens. Directed by Nicholas Hytner.
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