True West

Archive Listings for True West

T185402281 (SHEFCRUCIBLE10) Producer Crucible Theatre. Director Paul Miller. Design Hayden Griffin. Lighting Paul Pyant. Sound John Leonard. Performer John Light. Performer Nigel Harman. Performer Abigail McKern (Mom). Performer John Schwab (Saul Kimmer).
13 May 10 to 5 Jun 10	Crucible Theatre, Sheffield :: V0993488063 listing details L1515766600
T444890562 (STERTS07) Contains strong languageCompany Sterts Theatre Company.
29 Nov 07 to 1 Dec 07	Sterts Arts Centre, Liskeard :: V878 listing details L890971749
T01068957055 (MENIER06) Running time 80minsCompany Assembly Theatre. Company Comedians' Theatre Company. Director Maggie Inchley. Performer Phil Nichol. Performer Dave Johns. Performer Tom Stade. Performer Laura Brook.
5 Aug 06 to 28 Aug 06	Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh :: V01847651945 listing details L01890943148
6 Jul 06 to 8 Jul 06	Menier Theatre, Outer London :: V341546307 listing details L200088704
T352070353 (LYRICBEL05) Producer Lyric Theatre. Director Jimmy Fay. Design Ferdia Murphy.
9 Mar 05 to 3 Apr 05	Lyric Theatre, Belfast :: V552 listing details L01815484400
T1847029933 (THEDUKES04) Director Ian Hastings.
11 Mar 04 to 3 Apr 04	The Dukes, Lancaster :: V523 listing details L938988128
T01893166667 (LYRICBEL04) Producer Lyric Theatre. Director Jimmy Fay. Design Ferdia Murphy.
5 Mar 04 to 3 Apr 04	Lyric Theatre, Belfast :: V552 listing details L0362447612
T1308756213 (OLDVIC03) Producer Old Vic. Director Wilson Milam. Design Dick Bird. Lighting Neil Austin. Performer Phil Daniels. Performer Andrew Tiernan. Performer Jane Lowe. Performer Jim Dunk.
31 Oct 03 to 22 Nov 03	Bristol Old Vic, Bristol :: V857 listing details L2021955908
T01492321539 (BIGCAT99) Company Big Cat Theatre Company. Director Joel Froomkin.
1 Mar 99 to 7 Mar 99	The Rosemary Branch, Inner London :: V333 listing details L02121358398
1 Mar 99 to 7 Mar 99	The Rosemary Branch, Inner London :: V333 listing details L570466007
T1461785975 (SP98) Director Jennie Darnell. Design Will Hargreaves. Lighting Jason Taylor. Performer Adrian McLoughlin. Performer Jacqueline Morgan. Performer Derek Riddell. Performer Michael Shaw.
4 Jun 98 to 20 Jun 98	Playhouse, Salisbury :: V923 listing details L612648769
to 11 Jul 98	Theatre Royal, Plymouth :: V895 listing details L387267453
Other listings
21 Jan 12 to 28 Jan 12	Garrick Theatre, Stockport :: V504 listing details L1749679775
30 Jul 99	Olivier (National Theatre), West End :: V373 listing details L1174382912

Details

Play :: Two contrasting visions of America, imagined through the different characters of two brothers: Southern California. Austin, a Los Angeles screenwriter, is house-sitting for his mother while he puts the finishing touches to his current scriptwriting project. His hopes for peace and quiet disappear with the arrival of Lee, a small-time crook and drifter or as he would have it: 'desert survival expert'. When a Hollywood producer arrives to discuss Austin's project, Lee hijacks the meeting with a pitch for a Western based on his own, exaggerated life. The producer is browbeaten into offering Lee a big-bucks advance and Austin agrees to put his brother's vision into words. But their rivalry is too much for them and the tension rises into a dramatic finale. A devastatingly realistic power struggle from inside the mind of 'the bucking bronco of American theater'.

Author

Sam Shepard