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Lyttleton
Southbank
London
SE1 9PX
Directions:
Take the Northern or Bakerloo line to Waterloo station. The theatre is a 10 minute walk.
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The Pitmen Painters
Lyttleton
Southbank
London
SE1 9PX
Evenings: 7.30pm
Matinees: 2.15pm
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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.
Following sell-out seasons at Live Theatre Newcastle and in the Cottesloe, The Pitmen Painters returns, this time to the Lyttelton.
Lee Hall's new play is a humorous, deeply moving and timely look at art, class and politics.
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