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Break a leg and all the best to Danny Mays, Calvin Demba, Peter Wight, Ian Rickson, Patrick Marber, and crew with tonight’s first preview performance of The Red Lion at The National Theatre!
“The thing about football – the important thing about football – is that it is not just about football.” Terry Prachett, Unseen Academicals
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The Red Lion preview performances begin Wednesday 3 June at The National Theatre. Tickets are still available for purchase for most dates across the run at the National Theatre online, in person, and via telephone booking.
The Red Lion is also a part of the National Theatre’s new Friday Rush ticketing beginning this Friday, 29 May at 1PM. Front row seats priced at £20 will be available online every Friday for all performances for the following week. Please read the Friday Rush FAQ for more details.
Once performances begin there will be £15 day tickets available.
Press night for The Red Lion is Wednesday 10 June.
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The Haven House Children’s & St Joseph’s Hospices’ charity football match featuring Daniel Mays as the Celebrity Team manager against the Tottenham Hotspur Legends team was held Sunday 17 May at Leyton Orient’s Matchroom Stadium.
While the Spurs Legends team won the match 10-5 over the Celebrity Team the real winners are the two wonderful charities. An amazing total of almost £25,000 has been raised!
Thank you to everyone who attended and donated. We hope that you had a wonderful time!
Please consider a donation to Haven House Children’s Hospice and St Joseph’s Hospice
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The National Theatre has released rehearsal photos from The Red Lion:
Small-time semi-pro football, the non-league. A world away from the wealth and the television cameras. A young player touched with brilliance arrives from nowhere. An ambitious manager determines to make him his own. And the old soul of the club still has dreams of glory.
A haunting and humorous new play about the dying romance of the great English game – and the tender, savage love that powers it. From June 3 at The Dorfman Theatre.
A week to go! Join Daniel Mays and his celebrity team for a match against Tottenham Hotspur Legends on Sunday 17 May at Leyton Orient’s Matchroom Stadium:
‘I’m proud to be supporting my local children’s and adult hospices in this celebrity match. I’m a big Leyton Orient fan and am really looking forward to being Celebrity Team Manager at their ground and raising vital funds for these amazing charities.’
Watch our team of celebrities take on the Tottenham Hotspur Legends at the home of East London football – Leyton Orient’s Matchroom Stadium.
St Joseph’ s Hospice and Haven House Children’s Hospice have teamed up for this fantastic event and we promise to make this a day for the whole family to enjoy.
The celebrity line up so far includes:
The match benefits the Haven House Children’s Hospice and St Joseph’s Hospice charities.
More information: Celebrity Team v Tottenham Hotspur Legends
If you are unable to attend, please consider donating to the wonderful charities:
Public booking for The Red Lion is now open at the National Theatre website for all dates from 3 June (first preview) and including the additional dates from 31 July through 30 September (last performance).
The Red Lion will also have tickets available during The National Theatre’s new Friday Rush beginning Friday 30 May at 1PM for performances the following week. Friday Rush ticketing will be ongoing through out the run and include performances that are sold out! More information is available on The National Theatre’s FAQ page.
The Red Lion
Small-time semi-pro football, the non-league. A world away from the wealth and the television cameras. A young player touched with brilliance arrives from nowhere. An ambitious manager determines to make him his own. And the old soul of the club still has dreams of glory.
A haunting and humorous new play about the dying romance of the great English game – and the tender, savage love that powers it.
Cast includes Daniel Mays, Calvin Demba, and Peter Wight.
Directed by Ian Rickson
Written by Patrick Marber
Will Mellor (Broadchurch, The Street) plays PC Rod Kennedy, Arsher Ali (The Missing, Silent Witness) plays PC Harinderpal ‘Hari’ Bains and Leanne Best (Ripper Street, Fortitude) plays WPC Jackie Brickford.
Jed Mercurio, writer and creator of Line Of Duty, says: “Sergeant Danny Waldron appears to run a team of crack firearms officers, but hidden tensions simmer beneath the surface. We’re all hugely excited that Will Mellor, Arsher Ali and Leanne Best have agreed to play these pivotal roles.”
The commissioner for BBC Two is Kim Shillinglaw, Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four, and Ben Stephenson, Controller of BBC Drama Commissioning. The executive producers are Jed Mercurio (Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Critical) and Simon Heath (The Great Train Robbery, The Fear and The Bletchley Circle) for World Productions, and Stephen Wright for BBC Northern Ireland. With support from Northern Ireland Screen.
The producer is Peter Norris (Nylon, Between The Lines). Michael Keillor (Critical, Silk) will direct episodes one to three and John Strickland (Bodies, Prime Suspect 2) will direct episodes four to six.
Courtesy of BBC Two
The National Theatre has released extra tickets for The Red Lion performances through Saturday 25 July.
Additionally, the remainder of the run through 30 September is on sale to the public beginning Friday 1 May.
NT membership levels are able to book ahead of the public on sale date.
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The Red Lion full dates listing has been released by The National Theatre today. Performances are through Wednesday 30 September.
Public on sale for the additional dates is Friday 1 May.
National Theatre Season through October 2015.
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