Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and Hull Truck Theatre in association with Oldham Coliseum Theatre present
The Hired Man
Book by Melvyn Bragg
Music and Lyrics by Howard Goodall
The best British musical in 40 years
Cumbria, 1898. Whippet racing, hiring fairs, hunting and drunken antics collide, in this passionate story of John and Emily, a young married couple, and their moving struggle to carve a living from the land.
An epic and heroic tale of love, betrayal and loyalty, set against a backdrop of English country traditions being swept away as a new century faces the gathering storm of war…
Based on the stirring novel by Melvyn Bragg, with a superb score of rousing foot stomping rhythms and soaring choruses by Howard Goodall, the award-winning composer of West End hits Bend It Like Beckham and Love Story.
★★★★★ ‘A West End standard production’ Musical Theatre Review
★★★★ ‘Irresistible and rewarding’ ActDrop
★★★★ ‘A beautiful and poignant show’ London Theatre 1
27 Apr - 18 May 2019
Various times, see bleow
Previews
£13.50 | £17.50 | £20.50 (+ 65p QNew Transformation Fee)
Mon - Thu
£19.50 | £24.50 | £28 (+ 65p QNew Transformation Fee)
£8 | Under 26s (Collection only - Please show proof of age)
Fri & Sat
£22.50 | £27 | £30 (+ 65p QNew Transformation Fee)
140 minutes
20 minutes
Talk Back
Wed 8 May | 7.30pm
A chance to meet and question the company after the show
Sign Language Interpreted performance
Wed 15 May | 7.30pm
Audio Described
Sat 18 May | 2.30pm
Main House
Jon Bonner
Pennington / Ensemble
Lloyd Gorman
Jackson
Oliver Hembrough
John
TJ Holmes
Seth / Ensemble
Lucy Keirl
Sally / Ensemble
Lara Lewis
May / Ensemble
Sufia Manya
Ensemble
Samuel Martin
Isaac / Ensemble
Lauryn Redding
Emily
Tom Self
Show MD / Ensemble
James William-Pattison
Harry / Ensemble
Book by | Melvyn Bragg |
Music and Lyrics | Howard Goodall |
Director | Douglas Rintoul |
Designer | Jean Chan |
Music Director | Ben Goddard |
Movement Director | Jane Gibson |
Lighting Designer | Prema Mehta |
Sound Designer | Chris Murray |
Costume Supervisor | Lydia Hardiman |
Fight Director | Bethan Clark |
Accent Coach | Louise Jones |
Casting Director | Matthew Dewsbury |
Casting Assistant | Tom Hurley |
Assistant Director | Kara M Tyler |
Executive Producer | Mathew Russell |