Pitmen Painters keep on painting
October 8, 2007
The new play by Lee Hall , The Pitmen Painters, which reopened the Live Theatre after a 5.5 million rebuild has been so successful it is extending the run by a week. The show now runs until November the 3rd.
Set in Northumberland the play tells the true life story of a group of pitmen who learnt to paint. The play captures the warmth and humour of Halls most famous work, Billy Eliott.
Having broken Live Theatres sales record, the play has received excellent reviews (check the WOS North East review) and will no doubt have a life after Live Theatre. Covering several years in the lives of the miners, we follow them as they start on a journey of discovery, first of all trying to understand art before they actually trying to put paint on a canvas.
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