Hired Man

Uplifting, Foot-stomping, award-winning music theatre

19 - 29 September

The Hired Man, arguably the finest new British musical of the last thirty years, acclaimed for its epic, nostalgic, funny book and rousing, romantic, award-winning score, is now on tour in the UK for the very first time in a new production by critically-acclaimed Nottingham based New Perspectives Theatre Company.

Written by Melvyn Bragg, with music and lyrics by Howard Goodall, The Hired Man tells the timeless, moving story of a young married couple and their struggle to carve a living from the land, just as the traditional rhythms of English country life are being interrupted by the gathering storm of war in Europe – haunting, thrilling, stirring stuff.

ABOUT THE WRITERS

Melvyn Bragg is best known for his work in broadcasting- most notably The South Bank Show which he has been presenting since 1978 but he has also written over 20 books in the last forty years of which The Hired Man is one. Howard Goodall has written many musicals during his prolific career, he has also written theme tunes to many well known television programmes including Blackadder, The Catherine Tate Show, The Vicar of Dibley and Red Dwarf.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

From it's base in Nottingham, New Perspectives has earned a strong reputation in recent years for top quality small/middle scale touring theatre, with their work consistently praised by critics and audiences alike for its energy, imagination and theatrical flair. Previous New Perspective shows include Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (2006) and
On Saturday's this Bed is Poland (2007).

Artistic Director, Daniel Buckroyd commented on The Hired Man:
"This is the first time The Hired Man has toured in the UK, and the first time that audiences in smaller venues have ever had a chance to see it, so Nottingham-based New Perspectives, the East Midlands’ flagship rural touring theatre company, are delighted to be heading off on tour with one of the biggest companies we’ve ever assembled to bring to life a haunting, thrilling and stirring chamber version of this highly acclaimed musical."

To read reviews and audience comments click here.

www.newperspectives.co.uk