Pravda

Archive Listings for Pravda

T0795336839 (FESTCHICH06) Producer Festival Theatre Chichester. Company Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company. Director Jonathan Church. Design Ruari Murchison. Music Matthew Scott.
29 Sep 06 to 14 Oct 06	Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham :: V143 listing details L950432378
8 Sep 06 to 23 Sep 06	Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L168624216
T01759041691 (NT2000) Howard Brenton, who wrote this biting satire on the newspaper business with David Hare, wil be at the National to talk about his play and his memorably awful creation, media mogul Lambert Le Roux.
25 Oct 99	Olivier (National Theatre), West End :: V373 listing details L01346622569
T01806269755 (SP98) Lighting Ian Burridge. Director Russ Tunney.
16 Apr 98 to 18 Apr 98	Playhouse, Salisbury :: V923 listing details L0358353052

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Play :: Lambert Le Roux is a media magnate striding his way through the regional papers en route to Fleet Street. Turning broadsheets tabloid, dumbing down the message and stretching the acualité, Le Roux takes no prisoners as he creates a media monopoly out of a once respected industry. As we keep turning the pages to get our news, what are we reading - the truth (Pravda) or the deceptions of capitalist sharks with their eye on the bottom line rather than the by-line? Written at the height of Thatcherism, Pravda is a savage satire on using the media as a get-rich-quick fix. Poking fun at pompous egos and dangerous men, Hare and Brenton hit the target with unerring accuracy. Contains strong language. Recommended age 14+

Author	Howard Breton
Author	David Hare