Post by fossil on May 3, 2019 16:40:19 GMT
Join playwright David Edgar for a special BBC Radio 4 version of his solo performance, fresh from the RSC and the Royal Court Theatre.
It’s 1968. David is 20 and in his second year at University. It is the height of the world-wide student revolt. The Vietnam war rages. Powell delivers his “rivers of blood” speech. Martin Luther King is assassinated. These events will define David’s politics and give focus to his writing.
It’s 50 years on. The 70-year-old is confronted by the 20-year-old. Do they share the same beliefs? If not, is it the world that’s changed, or him? Why did his generation vote Brexit? Has he sold in or sold out?
David Edgar’s plays have been presented by the Royal Court, the National Theatre, the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company (including Destiny, Maydays, Nicholas Nickleby and A Christmas Carol). After 50 years of writing, Trying It On (made with China Plate Theatre) marks David’s debut as a performer.
Date: Saturday 1 June
Venue: BBC Radio Theatre, London
Tickets validated from: 5.45pm
Doors open: 7.15pm
Recording starts: 7.30pm
To apply for tickets visit bbc.co.uk/showsandtours.
www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/trying_it_on_1jun19
It’s 1968. David is 20 and in his second year at University. It is the height of the world-wide student revolt. The Vietnam war rages. Powell delivers his “rivers of blood” speech. Martin Luther King is assassinated. These events will define David’s politics and give focus to his writing.
It’s 50 years on. The 70-year-old is confronted by the 20-year-old. Do they share the same beliefs? If not, is it the world that’s changed, or him? Why did his generation vote Brexit? Has he sold in or sold out?
David Edgar’s plays have been presented by the Royal Court, the National Theatre, the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company (including Destiny, Maydays, Nicholas Nickleby and A Christmas Carol). After 50 years of writing, Trying It On (made with China Plate Theatre) marks David’s debut as a performer.
Date: Saturday 1 June
Venue: BBC Radio Theatre, London
Tickets validated from: 5.45pm
Doors open: 7.15pm
Recording starts: 7.30pm
To apply for tickets visit bbc.co.uk/showsandtours.
www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/trying_it_on_1jun19