The River by Jez Butterworth

8pm Tuesday - Saturday

“Neither from nor towards, at the still point, there the dance is.”

On a moonless night in August when the sea trout are ready to run, a man brings his new girlfriend to the remote family cabin where he has come for the fly-fishing since he was a boy. But she’s not the only woman he has brought here – or indeed the last.

A bewitching story from the playwright of global smash hit Jerusalem with a luminous cast and an internationally acclaimed director. Book early to avoid disappointment. 

Directed by Janine Wunsche
Starring Claire Bowman, Ciaran Corsar, Susie Kimnell & Ren Sinclair
Design Collaboration with Fay Saxty
Lighting Design by Alex Latham

About the Director:

Janine has worked extensively throughout the UK and Internationally. Including at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Theatre Clwyd, Sheffield Crucible, Salisbury Playhouse. In London she produced and directed many new plays at The Gate Theatre and Old Red Lion. Internationally she has made theatre and opera in Chile, Italy, Slovenia, and Bulgaria. Janine recently directed Twelfth Night, True West, A View From The Bridge at South London Theatre.

About the Playwright:

Jez Butterworth is one of the UK's leading playwrights. His plays include: Mojo (Royal Court Theatre, London, 1995; West End, 2013); The Night Heron (Royal Court, 2002); The Winterling (Royal Court, 2006); Parlour Song (Atlantic Theater, New York, 2008; Almeida Theatre, London, 2009); Jerusalem (Royal Court, 2009; West End, 2010; New York, 2011); The River (Royal Court, 2012); The Ferryman (Royal Court and West End, 2017) and The Hills of California (West End, 2024).

Mojo won the George Devine Award, the Olivier Award for Best Comedy and the Writers' Guild, Critics' Circle and Evening Standard Awards for Most Promising Playwright. Jerusalem won the Best Play Award at the Critics' Circle, Evening Standard and WhatsOnStage.com Awards, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. The Ferryman won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play, and the Critics' Circle, Olivier and WhatsOnStage Awards for Best New Play, as well as the 2019 Tony Award for Best Play.

His screenwriting credits include Fair Game (2010), Get On Up (2014), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Black Mass (2015), Spectre (2015), Ford v Ferrari (2019), and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023).

Approx running time 1 hour 30 mins (no interval)

All tickets include a £1 admin charge

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