The Pitmen Painters

Dates: 27.1.2009 to 14.4.2009. The Pitmen Painters, in Max Roberts' perfectly pitched and acted production, manages to be tragic, funny and illuminating in one fell swoop of energy. 5 stars Evening Standard. Breathtaking in its scope, Lee Hall's remarkable play provides a fascinating debate about art and socialism. Guardian. 'Lee Hall's new play and Max Roberts' sublime production are ablaze with intellectual vigour, political passion and incendiary emotional energy. A beautiful work of art that everybody should see.' The Times. 'A wonderful piece of theatre: comic, sad and stirring in the same breath.' Financial Times. In 1934, a group of Ashington miners hired a professor to teach an art appreciation evening class. Rapidly abandoning theory in favour of practice, the pitmen began to paint. Within a few years the most avant-garde artists became their friends and their work was acquired by prestigious collections; but every day they worked, as before, down the mine.

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