28 April 2012

KA Offer: White Bear Theatre - John Osborne's First Play: The Devil Inside Him - 1st May - 26th May

Support your Local Theatre (and save money) by seeing:

The London Premier

of
John Osborne's First Play

The Devil Inside Him


Set in a 1950s boarding house in the rolling hills of the Welsh Valleys, The

Devil Inside Him tells the story of Huw Prosser, a young man suffocating in
his tight-knit Methodist community.  He is bullied by his father, who
thinks he is soft in the head, and, when his erotic poems are discovered, he
is subjected to sermons by the local preacher.  As he desperately searches
for a way to express himself, and reaches out for the love he so urgently
needs, he unearths the dark and wild side of a man who has never been
understood; and when he finds himself alone with the pretty, teasing servant
girl he finds his thoughts turning to murder...

Written when he was only 20, The Devil Inside Him reflects both the turmoil

of the social changes affecting post-war Britain, and the beginnings of the
Angry Young Man genre that changed the face of British Theatre, much of
which had it's origins in his own troubled childhood.

Although the play was produced briefly in 1950, it lay lost in the recesses

of the British Library until 2009.  The White Bear is staging this play as
part of its Lost Classic policy, following on from the "sensational revival"
(**** Guardian) of Personal Enemy, another of Osborne's early plays.
Personal Enemy subsequently transferred to the Brits Off Broadway festival
in New York.

Performance Dates:


1st May - 26th May


Tuesday - Saturday at 7.30pm, Sundays at 6.00pm


Tickets:  £14 (£10
Conc.) but only £10 to Kennington Association Members

Box Office: 020 7793 9193


Online Booking:  
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White Bear Theatre

138 Kennington Park Road
SE11 4DJ

2 minutes walk from
Kennington Tube (Northern Line)

Buses: 133, 155, 196, 333, 415


SPECIAL OFFER

The White Bear Theatre Club is offering concession rate to all Kennington

Association members.  That's only £10 per ticket!

To book call 020 7793 9193 and quote 'Kennington Association Offer'.


The White Bear now has it's own Exclusive Lounge Area where patrons can sit

and enjoy a drink and a chat before the show.  The theatre itself is fully
air conditioned and is now thoroughly soundproofed from the pub.

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