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Travesties by Tom Stoppard

Tuesday 23 & Friday 26 March, 7.45pm & Saturday 27 March, 7.45pm

Progress Youth Theatre
Floodlights & Blinders Present:
Travesties by Tom Stoppard

Carr, in his 80s, remembers back (fondly, if somewhat erratically) to the good old days at the British Consulate in Zurich in 1917. The year he played ‘the other one – not Earnest’ in The Importance of being Earnest. The year he met, and fell out with, James Joyce, author of Ulysses, at that time Manager of ‘The English Players’.  Carr’s mind plays mix and match with figures in history who were in Zurich at the time of the War (Lenin & his wife Nadya and Tristan Tzara, a Rumanian poet and Dadaist) and characters straight out of The Importance of being Earnest.  What ensues is a romp through farce, satire, word-play, historical play, sharp wit and social comment.

Do not miss The Importance Of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde on Monday 22 & Wednesday 24 March plus Double Bill – Sat 27 March:
The Importance Of Being Earnest, 5:30 pm & Travesties, 7.45 pm

Wilde’s classic comedy of manners and Stoppard’s satirical farce - together in one week!

Tickets £8, Concessions £6
Save £2 when you buy tickets for both shows together

Subject to booking fee