Duke of Yorks Theatre

That Face

Booking to 05 July 2008

Click here to book tickets for That Face - From 27.50

The booking process is provided by LondonTheatreDirect.com and booking fees may apply.

LIMITED RUN - MUST END 5 JULY

THAT FACE OPENS – THE CRITICS HAVE RAVED! - Times, Guardian, Evening Standard, Daily Express, Time Out, Metro, London Lite

‘INTO THE WEST END, RAW POWER INTACT’
‘A blazing, no-holds barred production… Fresh, passionate and blackly comic – exhilarating’
‘Lindsay Duncan’s superb performance’ ‘Matt Smith is outstanding’
Daily Telegraph, Charles Spencer

‘POLLY STENHAM IS A MODERN SUCCESSOR TO TENNESSEE WILLIAMS OR EDWARD ALBEE’
‘Intensely moving, skilfully crafted piece’
‘Matt Smith delivers an extraordinary performance’
Daily Express, Simon Edge

‘SPELLBINDING’
‘Matt Smith’s astonishing coup de theatre’
‘Jeremy Herrin’s powerful, expressionistic production’
Evening Standard, Nicholas de Jongh

‘EMOTIONAL POWER IN THE MOTHER OF ALL DEBUTS’
‘Highly accomplished performances from Hannah Murray and Julian Wadham’
Guardian, Michael Billington

‘Matt Smith gives a performance to match the excellent Lindsay Duncan’ - The Times, Benedict Nightingale

‘Polly Stenham’s writing is remarkable for it’s depth of feeling combined with a tart sense of humour’ - Time Out

‘Lindsay Duncan is mesmerising’
‘Jeremy Herrin’s unerringly slick production’
‘An astonishing debut. A highly accomplished, deeply unsettling and cruelly comic play’
Metro

‘Magnificent. Very Funny’ - Saturday Review, Radio 4

THAT FACE, Polly Stenham's multi-award winning, critically acclaimed play transfers to the West End for a ten week season.

That Face is a compelling portrayal of an affluent family in freefall. Mia is at boarding school. She has access to drugs. They are Martha's. Henry has dropped out of school. He has access to alcohol. From Martha. Martha controls their lives. Martha is their mother. That Face is a powerful and darkly comic exploration of children who become parents to their parents.

Under The Blue Sky

Booking 15 July 2008 to 20 September 2008

Click here to book tickets for Under The Blue Sky - From 40.00

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Under the Blue Sky is David Eldridge's award-winning, funny and touching play - three subtly connected love stories that reveal in turn the roller-coaster ride of lust in its prime, the sacrifices of a life in public service and its unrequited passions.

In the long shadow of the twentieth century, Eldridge’s play is a delicate yet truthful depiction of all the degrees of love - from fondness and affection through the headier extremes of a drunken romp. It gives us an all too recognisable portrayal of the way in which uncertainties, misunderstanding and the unsaid lead to unexpected results for three couples who seem destined never to say the right thing.

The stellar cast includes Francesca Annis (starring roles in numerous theatre and television productions including, most recently Lady Ludlow in the award-winning Cranford for the BBC) Lisa Dillon (many theatre credits including Present Laughter for The National Theatre and alongside Francesca as Mary Smith in Cranford), Chris O’Dowd (Roy in Channel 4’s hit comedy series The IT Crowd) Nigel Lindsay Nigel Lindsay (Lenny in the Almeida’s sell out production of The Homecoming), Channel 4’s Bafta nominated The Relief of Belsen, Jam and Jerusalem (BBC) ), Dominic Rowan (Frequent television and stage roles including Catwalk Dogs for ITV and Happy Now? for the National Theatre) and Catherine Tate (Donna Noble in the cult TV series Dr Who, The Catherine Tate Show, Some Girls (Gielgud Theatre).