Performance

VenuePlayhouse
Other spaces: Neville Studio
TownNottingham
CountyNottinghamshire
From27th June 2013
To6th July 2013
When19:45. Jun 29, Jul 6 Mats 14:30. Jul 4 Mat 13:30
PricesFrom £7.50. To £27.00.
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The Ashes

T1385164233
It's 1932 and the England cricket team are smarting from their Ashes defeat inflicted largely by Aussie batsman Donald Bradman. Something radical is needed to avoid a repeat of the humiliation they have suffered and a new line of bowling attack is devised for the 1932 tour of Australia. - Bodyline. Nottinghamshire miner and cricketer Harold Larwood is instructed to bowl "leg theory", hurling the ball at the batsman rather than the wicket. Faced with a ball rearing towards his body, or face, at up to 90mph, the batsman can only defend himself by fending off the delivery. Bradman's average is slashed but the technique soon becomes one of the most controversial tactics ever seen on a sports field. Relations not only between the teams, but the two countries themselves are strained to breaking point.
Author Michael Pinchbeck


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Company

Corporate Sponsor Mason Infotech
Producer Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company
Director Giles Croft
Design Michael Vale
Lighting David Phillips
Sound Adam McCready
Design Barret Hodgson (AV)
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