As part of the Theatre’s Autumn/Winter season, East Riding Theatre (ERT) are delighted to announce that the next in-house production to be staged in Beverley will be ART by Yasmina Reza.
Translated by Christopher Hampton ART and opens at ERT on the 27 September and runs until the 20th October.
When Serge spends a small fortune on a controversial all-white painting, his friends are truly baffled. Pent-up emotions surface and harsh truths test the very best of friendships in their hilarious struggle to agree to disagree on this piece of ‘Art’.
Regarded as a modern comedy classic, ‘Art’ has won a litany of awards including an Olivier, Tony, Evening Standard and New York Critics’ to name a few.
This acclaimed international hit will be directed by RSC actor and newcomer to ERT Martin Hutson who says; “Yasmina Reza has pulled off an extraordinary slight of hand; while we think we are watching a brilliantly funny and acutely observed comedy about three friends arguing over a painting, she is secretly serving up a profound and deeply moving play about friendship, fear and the human condition.”
ERT favourites Richard Avery, Malcolm Tomlinson and Clive Kneller, put their real-life friendship on the stage in one of the most successful comedies of all time.
East Riding Theatre’s next in-house production after ‘Art’ will be a magical Christmas adaptation of Michelle Margorian’s deeply moving wartime classic, Goodnight Mister Tom adapted by David Wood and directed by Jake Smith who directed last year’s sell-out Christmas show ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
