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Duchess Theatre
Catherine Street
London
WC2B 5LA
Directions:
Take the Piccadilly Line to Covent Garden and exit into the piazza. The theatre is approximately 10 minutes walk.
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The Pitmen Painters
Duchess Theatre
Catherine Street
London
WC2B 5LA
Evenings: Monday to Saturday 7.30pm
Matinees: Thursday and Saturday 2.30pm
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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.
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