Jerusalem

by Jez Butterworth

When and where

23rd – 27th July and 31st July – 3rd August

at The Old Court Theatre at 7.30pm.

About

Warning: Contains the use of smoking, strong and offensive language. Age recommendation: 14+

A dazzling exploration of Englishness.

It’s a raucous, provocative story that tells of a modern, mythic English hero: Johnny “Rooster” Byron. During the course of this play, Johnny tells tales, gets drunk, does drugs, dodges the authorities, and both charms and infuriates all that he meets. The play opens on the morning of the local county fair, and we discover that Johnny is both the most and least popular man in town. The local authorities want to evict him, his son wants to spend the day with him, the town thug wants to teach him a lesson, and his ragtag group of friends want to party with him. Throughout the play he is seen harassed, bloodied, and bruised, but Johnny is not a man to be beaten down. His stand against the hypocrisy of modern suburban life is shocking, moving, and a wonder to watch unfold. Though Johnny may be a modern man, he has the spirit of England’s legendary giants of myth. Playwright Jez Butterworth spins his own darkly comic, modern take on the classic English idyll.

“Lauren and I saw this in London last year when Mark Rylance and Mackenzie Crook took the roles of Johnny Byron and sidekick Ginger and we fell in love with the play! We haven’t stopped talking about it and knew that this was going to be our next directing venture together.”

Directors – Rebecca Skingley & Lauren Gladwin

Colin Smith – Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron

James Christie – Ginger

Lucy Carpenter – Phaedra

Keith Newman – Professor

Martin Wilderspin Lovell – Wesley

Cree Rayner – Lee

Pen Igbenedion – Davey

Jessie Hadley – Pea

Grace Robards – Tanya

Andy Poole – Troy Whitworth

Andrea Dalton – Parsons

Rebecca Segeth – Fawcett

Corinne Woodgate – Dawn

Leo Burdon & Joe Wiltshire – Markey

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Standard Tickets are £13, Concessions* £11.00 (except Friday and Saturday) available online via our Ticketsource page or by calling Ticketsource on 0333 666 3366.

Please note that a fee is applied by Ticketsource to all bookings (approx. 94p per ticket standard ticket and 78p for concessions.)

Tickets are also available on the door at the Old Court Theatre from 30 minutes prior to the performance (cash and card payments accepted.)

*Concessions apply to under 18s and over 65s, unemployed and students with a valid student ID.

For queries regarding your booking, or to make make exchanges, please email our Booking Manager on: bookings@ctw.org.uk