The Low Road

by Bruce Norris

23 March - 11 May 2013

Jerwood Theatre Downstairs

“Tis one thing to admit the inescapable cruelty of nature, friend, but quite a different one to encourage it.”

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A young entrepreneur sets out on a quest for wealth with priceless ambition and a purse of gold.

A fable of free market economics and cut-throat capitalism.

Bruce Norris’ previous credits include Clybourne Park, for which he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and received the Tony Award for Best Play. It opened at the Royal Court in September 2010 to critical acclaim before transferring to the West End. His other credits include The Pain and the Itch at the Royal Court, The Infidel, Purple Heart and The Unmentionables.

Artistic Director of the Royal Court Dominic Cooke directs. His recent credits at the Court include In the Republic of the Happiness, Ding Dong The Wicked, Choir Boy, In Basildon, Chicken Soup with Barley, for which he was nominated for an Evening Standard Award, and the multi award-winning production of Clybourne Park for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award. Credits elsewhere include The Comedy of Errors at the National Theatre, as well as adapting and directing Arabian Nights and Noughts and Crosses at the RSC.

Bruce Norris’s The Pain and The Itch was the first play directed by Dominic in his inaugural season and The Low Road will be the final play he directs as Artistic Director of the Royal Court.

Age Guidance 14+. Education workshops are available for this production.

Approx. running time: 2 hours and 50 minutes including one interval

The Low Road Production Partners
Eric Abraham

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Date Time Venue Notes Prices Booking Link

Available Performances

Dates in March
Sat 23 Mar 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Mon 25 Mar 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £10
Tue 26 Mar 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Wed 27 Mar 7:00pm Press Night Jerwood Theatre Downstairs Press Night
Thu 28 Mar 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 30 Mar 2:30pm Concessions Available, Saturday Matinees Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 30 Mar 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12

Dates in April
Tue 2 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Wed 3 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Thu 4 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Fri 5 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 6 Apr 2:30pm Concessions Available, Saturday Matinees Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 6 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Mon 8 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £10
Tue 9 Apr 7:30pm Post-Show Talk Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Wed 10 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Thu 11 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Fri 12 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 13 Apr 2:30pm Concessions Available, Saturday Matinees Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 13 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Mon 15 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £10
Tue 16 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Wed 17 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Thu 18 Apr 2:30pm Concessions Available, Mid-Week Matinee Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Thu 18 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Fri 19 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 20 Apr 2:30pm Concessions Available, Audio Described Performance, Saturday Matinees Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 20 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Mon 22 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £10
Tue 23 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Wed 24 Apr 7:30pm Captioned Performance Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Thu 25 Apr 2:30pm Concessions Available, Mid-Week Matinee Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Thu 25 Apr 7:30pm Post-Show Talk Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Fri 26 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 27 Apr 2:30pm Concessions Available, Saturday Matinees Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 27 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Mon 29 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £10
Tue 30 Apr 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12

Dates in May
Wed 1 May 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Thu 2 May 2:30pm Concessions Available, Mid-Week Matinee Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Thu 2 May 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Fri 3 May 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 4 May 2:30pm Concessions Available, Saturday Matinees Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 4 May 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Tue 7 May 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Wed 8 May 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Thu 9 May 2:30pm Concessions Available, Mid-Week Matinee Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Thu 9 May 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Fri 10 May 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 11 May 2:30pm Concessions Available, Saturday Matinees Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12
Sat 11 May 7:30pm Jerwood Theatre Downstairs £28, £20, £12

Sold out Performances

Tickets £28, £20, £12
Mondays all seats £10 (available in advance to Friends and Supporters subject to availability and on the day of the performance from 9am online)
Concessions £5 off top two prices* (available in advance for all performances until Saturday 30 March inclusive and all matinees. For all other performances, available on a standby basis on the day)
25s and under £8* (available on £20 and £12 tickets)
School and HE Groups of 8+ 50% off top two prices (available Tuesday-Friday and all matinees)
Groups of 6+ £5 off top price (available Tuesday-Friday)
Access £12 (plus a companion at the same rate) *ID required. All discounts are subject to availability

Dominic Cooke

Director

Carolyn Downing

Sound Designer

Jean Kalman

Lighting Designer

Imogen Knight

Choreographer/Movement Director

Tom Pye

Designer

Gary Yershon

Composer

Reviews

4 stars MICHAEL BILLINGTON, THE GUARDIAN, 28.3.13

“What a play! It’s a three-hour extravaganza with 20 actors. Imagine Voltaire’s Candide with the hero rewritten as a reckless entrepreneur rather than a feckless innocent, or a picaresque fable by Henry Fielding transplanted to America between 1759 and 1776, and you get the picture.”

“Rich, turbulent and satirical”

4 stars LIBBY PURVES, THE TIMES, 28.3.13

“A romping, sprawling, barnstormer”

“Flynn is terrific, whether clothed or stark naked”

HENRY HITCHINGS, THE EVENING STANDARD, 28.3.13

“A punchy piece about the excesses of capitalism”

“With a cast of more than 50 characters and 20 actors playing them, this is epic theatre — a picaresque caper complete with Brechtian flourishes and nods to sitcom.”

“Vivacious and mischievous”

DAVID BENEDICT, VARIETY, 28.3.13

“Dominic Cooke’s supremely witty, fleet-footed production has ebullience aplenty to match this attractively ambitious satire of free-market economics.”

THE LONDONIST, 30.3.13

“Tongue in cheek, adventurous spirit and structure… all the stops have been pulled out for a swashbuckling spectacle of a night”“

CAROLINE McGINN, TIME OUT, 2.4.13

“There is a lot to enjoy in this sprawling production: plenty of skulduggery; Norris’s relish for ripe eighteenth century language; an utter lack of sentimentality; Cooke’s tremendous cast… squirming into various wigs, slutty boob-thrusting corsets, military jackets and tricorne hats to swell the stage with whores, soldiers and philanthropists; Holdbrooke-Smith’s beautifully enunciated turn as the unfortunate Mr Blanke.”

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