THE HIRED MAN
Music & Lyrics by Howard Goodall
Book by Melvyn Bragg
Landor Theatre
2 Aug -- 27 Aug 2011

WINNER 'BEST MUSICAL PRODUCTION'
2012 Offwestend.com Awards
NOMINATED FOR 11 OTHER AWARDS

PRODUCTION TEAM
Director: Andrew Keates
Musical Supervisor & New Arrangements By: Niall Bailey
Choreographer: Cressida Carre. Designer: Freya Groves
Lighting Designer: Howard Hudson. Sound Designer: Sarah Weltman
Fight Director: Andrew Ashenden. Accent Coach: Sarah Stephenson
Production Manager: Daniel King. Stage Manager: Rachel Condon
Produced by: Theatrica Ltd

CAST
May Tallentire: Abigail Matthews. Ted Blacklock: Alistair Barron. Harry Talentire: Ben McMath
Emily Tallentire: Catherine Mort. Landlady: Emily Barlow. Joe Sharp: Garry Mannion
Jackson Pennington: Ian Daniels. Josh: James Parkes. Lil: Jamie Birkitt
John Tallentire: Joe Maxwell. Sally: Kimberly Powell. Pennington/Priest: Mark Fredrick
Seth Tallentire: Martin Neely. Tom: Matthew Gent. Bill: Matthew Mcloughlin
Dan: Ruri James. Isaac Tallentire: Sean-Paul Jenkinson

PRESS RELEASE EXCERPT
The Hired Man is an emotional love triangle taking us right to the heart of Cumbrian life in the run up to the first world war. Itʼs the moving story of a young married couple and their struggles -- to carve a living from the land and to survive working in the coal-mines -- just as the gathering storm of war in Europe threatens their community, their love and their lives.

In 1984, during its West End run, The Hired Man was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Best Musical, earned four Olivier Award nominations, and was voted Best Musical of the Year by the critics of Time Out, The Guardian, Punch & The Stage. In 2004 its Salisbury Playhouse revival won the TMA Award for Best Musical.

It has a truly exciting score by Howard Goodall, inspired by the music of Kurt Weill, with English choral & folk music, and a band of five musicians. With a gripping and gritty story taking us on a journey of love and adversity, The Hired Man will be an exciting & relevant production for 2011.

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