The York Realist receives its world premiere at The Lowry, Salford Quays prior to a week at Bristol Old Vic and a run at the Royal Court, London.
Middle class Londoner John has come to York to work as Assistant Director on an amateur staging of the Mystery plays and meets the working class George, who is acting in it. What follows is a tender and complex love story between two young men of very different backgrounds. John desperately wants George to return to London with him. In George’s decision, Peter Gill makes us think more deeply about forbidden love, the depth of English class allegiances, the meaning of family and the origin and ownership of art itself
Peter Gill is one of the key figures of British theatre. He has directed many productions at the Royal National Theatre, the RSC, The Almeida and the Royal Court of both classic and new works. His own plays include Kick For Tourch, Mean Tears and Cardiff East.
The York Realist receives its world premiere at The Lowry, Salford Quays prior to a week at Bristol Old Vic and a run at the Royal Court, London.
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