Paines Plough commissions, develops and produces the work of contemporary playwrights. The company tours to small and middle-scale theatres throughout the country and overseas. Our funding supports activities in the UK.
The official trailer for the UK Tour of LONDON by Simon Stephens.
"You get back to London and the noise of the place and the dirt and the colour and the roar of it."
In a city full of the push and pull, incessant chatter and endless hum you can barely find the time to breathe.
You want to get away. You deserve to get away.
There is a choice -- you can take everything you love with you or leave it all behind.
This new play by Olivier award-winning playwright Simon Stephens tells two heart-rending stories of family and the choices they make for the precious things they love.
Tour Dates:
3 October - 20 October Salisbury Playhouse www.salisburyplayhouse.com
26 October - 27 October Brighton Dome www.brightondome.org
30 October - 10 November Live Theatre www.livetheatre.org.uk
13 November - 17 November Tron Theatre Glasgow www.tron.co.uk
20 November - 24 November Manchester Royal Exchange www.royalexchange.co.uk
A Paines Plough, Live Theatre and Salisbury Playhouse production.
LONDON incorporates the critically acclaimed SEA WALL which had a sell out run at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2009, and at the Bush Theatre, London; and T5, first performed as a reading at The Traverse Theatre as part of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010.
Trailer by Mathy and Fran
mathyandfran.com
Here's what audience members thought of The Roundabout Season at Shoreditch Town Hall. More info and tickets here: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/series/paines-plough-roundabout-season
BBC London News interviews director Richard Wilson about The Roundabout Season, featuring extracts of LUNGS by Duncan Macmillan, starring Alistair Cope and Kate O'Flynn. Used with kind permission of BBC London News.
In a time of global anxiety, terrorism, erratic weather and political unrest, a young couple want a child. If they over think it, they'll never do it. But if they rush, it could be a disaster.
"I could fly to New York and back every day for seven years and still not leave a carbon footprint as big as if I have a child. Ten thousand tonnes of CO2. That's the weight of the Eiffel Tower. I'd be giving birth to the Eiffel Tower."
What will be the first to destruct - the planet or the relationship?
Part of The Roundabout Season -- three extraordinary new plays by three rising star playwrights, performed by a single ensemble of actors in a thrilling 360 degree setting.
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/roundabout-season-lungs
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/roundabout-season-one-day-when-we-were-young
When Leonard and Violet embark on their first night together, they know it might also be their last. It's 1942 and, as the bombs begin to fall, they know their world will never be the same again.
"I am actually incredibly scared. And not how you might think. I am scared, that once this war is over, and I am sent home, that you won't be here. That you will have left."
A new play about the impact of World War II on an ordinary couple and a love that spans more than 60 years.
Part of The Roundabout Season -- three extraordinary new plays by three rising star playwrights, performed by a single ensemble of actors in a thrilling 360 degree setting.
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/roundabout-season-the-sound-of-heavy-rain
Cabaret singer Foxie O'Hara vanished without a tweet two weeks ago from Mrs Whistle's Lodge.
On that very same night Foxie's friend Maggie Brown, a temporary secretary, announced her engagement to local businessman Dougal Cheese.
"Laughing. Talking. Hours in cafés drinking coffee. Chatting about boys. Girls. Romance. Sharing a plate of chips. It was one of those friendships...I don't know how to explain...like...Love."
Concerned and desperate Maggie seeks the help of Dabrowski P.I. to find her missing friend.
But before Dabrowski can blow the whistle on the mystery of Foxie O'Hara he must delve into the history of the girls' relationship; the deeper he digs, the darker the case becomes, until the real question he needs to answer isn't 'where is Foxie'....but 'who is Foxie'?
Part of The Roundabout Season -- three extraordinary new plays by three rising star playwrights, performed by a single ensemble of actors in a thrilling 360 degree setting.
Three extraordinary new plays by Nick Payne (One Day When We Were Young), Duncan Macmillan (Lungs) and Penelope Skinner (The Sound of Heavy Rain) - performed by an ensemble of actors in a miniature in-the-round auditorium.
From young love sparked in the embers of WWII, parenting debates in the queue at Ikea, a mystery unfolding at a smokey cabaret bar in Soho - three rising star playwrights conjure the past, present and future in a unique 360 degree setting.
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/series/paines-plough-roundabout-season
A Paines Plough and Royal Court Theatre co-production, in association with Drum Theatre Plymouth present Love, Love, Love by Mike Bartlett.
1967. Kenneth and Sandra meet, and it's a whole new world.
A fiery relationship is sparked in the haze of the 60s, and charred by today's brutal realities.
From passion to paranoia, Love, Love, Love takes on the baby boomer generation as it retires, and finds it full of trouble.
Mike Bartlett's play, which won a UK Theatre Award for Best Play this year opens at the Royal Court in a brand new co-production with Paines Plough
The play was originally produced in October 2010 by Paines Plough in a co-production with the Drum Theatre Plymouth, where it opened, before embarking on a 14 week national tour.
Love, Love, Love has been extended and will now run until Saturday 9 June.
April 27 - June 9
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
Tickets £28, £20, £12
Monday all tickets £10
Under 26 tickets £8
To Book 020 7565 5000
www.royalcourttheatre.com
Trailer by Mathy and Fran
http://cargocollective.com/mathyandfran
Film trailer for WASTED by Kate Tempest.
A Paines Plough, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Roundhouse Production in association with NSDF and Latitude.
Spring Tour 2012
23 March MAC, Birmingham
24 March Sherman Cymru, Cardiff
26 March Merlin Theatre, Frome
27-28 March Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
29-31 MarchThe Brewery, Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol
3 April Watford Palace Theatre
5 April The Milton Rooms, Malton
11 April Shop Front Theatre, Coventry
12 April The Hat Factory, Luton
13 April The Phoenix Theatre, Bordon
14 April The Firestation, Windsor
17 April The Albany, Deptford
19 April Arts Centre Washington
20 April Astor Community Theatre, Deal
27 April Gulbenkian, University of Kent, Canterbury
28 April The Quarterhouse, Folkestone
1-2 May South Hill Park, Bracknell
3 May Redbridge Drama Centre
4 May, The Lemon Tree Studio, Aberdeen
5 May Trestle Arts Base, St Albans
8-19 May Roundhouse, London
21 May Pavilion Theatre, Brighton Festival
23 May Tara theatre, Earlsfield
24-26 May TakeOver Festival, York Theatre Royal
Direction James Grieve // Design Cai Dyfan // Lighting Angela Anson // Sound Tom Gibbons // Music Kwake // Film Mathy & Fran
www.painesplough.com
Trailer created by Mathy & Fran www.mathyandfran.com
David Watson talks to Susannah Armitage about his play, YOU CANNOT GO FORWARD FROM WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW, one of our three co-productions with Oran Mor.
Katie Douglas talks to Susannah Armitage about DIG, her play in this year's A Play, A Pie and A Pint, a series of three co-productions between Paines Plough and Oran Mor.
For the first time in Paines Plough's 37 year history we're building our own theatre. This film explains why, how, and the crucial part you can play in this groundbreaking project. Featuring Olivier Award winning playwright Simon Stephens, Double Olivier winning and Tony Nominated actor/director Daniel Evans, star of stage and screen Richard Wilson, Jeff Award winning designer Lucy Osborne, George Devine Award winning playwright Nick Payne and Bruntwood Prize winning playwright Duncan Macmillan. Directed by Azhur Saleem. www.painesplough.com
Film trailer for WASTED by Kate Tempest. Premiered at Latitude Festival 15-17 July 2011 prior to touring nationwide in 2012.
A Paines Plough, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Roundhouse Production in association with NSDF and Latitude. Supported by The Orchard Project. Direction James Grieve // Design Cai Dyfan // Lighting Angela Anson // Sound Tom Gibbons // Music Kwake // Film Mathy & Fran // Starring Alexander Cobb, Ashley George and Lizzy Watts
www.painesplough.com
Trailer created by Mathy & Fran www.mathyandfran.com
Film trailer for WASTED by Kate Tempest. Premiering at the Latitude Festival 15-17 July 2011 prior to touring nationwide in 2012.
A Paines Plough, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Roundhouse Production in association with NSDF and Latitude. Supported by The Orchard Project. Direction James Grieve // Design Cai Dyfan // Lighting Angela Anson // Sound Tom Gibbons // Music Kwake // Film Mathy & Fran // Starring Alexander Cobb, Ashley George and Lizzy Watts
www.painesplough.com
Trailer created by Mathy & Fran www.mathyandfran.com
Film trailer for WASTED by Kate Tempest. Premiering at the Latitude Festival 15-17 July 2011 prior to touring nationwide in 2012.
A Paines Plough, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Roundhouse Production in association with NSDF and Latitude. Supported by The Orchard Project. Direction James Grieve // Design Cai Dyfan // Lighting Angela Anson // Sound Tom Gibbons // Music Kwake // Film Mathy & Fran // Starring Alexander Cobb, Ashley George and Lizzy Watts
www.painesplough.com
Trailer created by Mathy & Fran www.mathyandfran.com
The cast of WASTED by Kate Tempest get to grips with the chorus section on the roof of Paines Plough HQ on Aldwych, London. From L to R Alexander Cobb, Ashley George and Lizzy Watts. WASTED is a Paines Plough, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Roundhouse production in association with NSDF and Latitude Festival. Wasted premieres at Latitude Festival in July 2011 prior to a nationwide tour in 2012.
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LONDON by Simon Stephens Trailer
London by Simon Stephens Trailer
Roundabout Season LDN Audience Vox Pops
Roundabout Season on BBC London News
LUNGS by Duncan Macmillan Trailer
One Day When We Were Young by Nick Payne Trailer
The Sound of Heavy Rain by Penelope Skinner Trailer
Roundabout Season London Trailer
WASTED Audiences have their say
Sheffield Audiences on The Roundabout Auditorium
Mike Bartlett's LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
WASTED audiences have their say
Paines Plough Programme 2011 in pictures
Assembling the prototype of The Roundabout Auditorium
Interview with Katie Douglas, writer of DIG
Our dream theatre - The Roundabout Auditorium
THE 8TH by Paul Heaton/Che Walker - A Retrospective
