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Hopelessly Devoted

Arts Centre Washington

Thursday 20 November

Mercury Music prize nominated Kate Tempest’s incendiary new play Hopelessly Devoted comes to Arts Centre Washington on Thursday 20 November.

Chess is in prison. Facing a lengthy sentence, her cell mate, Serena, becomes her soul mate. But when Serena is given parole, Chess faces total isolation. Hope comes in the form of a music producer looking for a reason to love music again. She finds a powerful voice in Chess. But to harness her talent, Chess must first face her past.

With live music and lyrical fireworks by Kate Tempest, this is a story of love and redemption and a fervent argument for the redemptive power of music and art in prisons. The show is produced by revered touring theatre company Paines Plough, who have built a reputation for bringing the very best new writing to theatres all over the UK.  This is Kate Tempest’s second full length play and follows from the success of ‘Wasted’ which was staged at Arts Centre Washington in 2012.

The show comes to Arts Centre Washington on Thursday 20 November as part of a sixteen venue national tour.

Tickets are £8.50 / £6 (conc and are available from www.artscentrewashington.co.uk or by calling 0191 219 3455

Direction: Stef O'Driscoll Music: Kate Tempest and Dan Carey;

Musical Director & Arranger: Tom Attwood; Design: Joanna Scotcher; Lighting Design: Jack Knowles;

Sound: Tom Gibbons; Movement Direction: Tuan Ly

On The Web:

Website: www.painesplough.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/painesplough

Facebook: www.facebook.com/painesploughHQ

On Tour:

6 November 2014 Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, Lincoln
01522837600 lpac.co.uk

7 November 2014 School of English Theatre, Sheffield
01142228455 shef.ac.uk/english/theatre

9 November 2014 The Edge Theatre & Arts Centre, Manchester edgetheatre.co.uk/

11 November 2014 The Electric Theatre, Surrey
01483444789 guildford.gov.uk/electrictheatre

13 - 14 November 2014 Pegasus Theatre, Oxford
01865812150 pegasustheatre.org.uk/

16 November 2014 Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
newtheatre.org.uk/

17 November 2014 The Gulbenkian, Kent
01227769075 thegulbenkian.co.uk/

18 November 2014 Cast, Doncaster
01302303959 castindoncaster.com

19 November 2014 The Maltings, Berwick-Upon-Tweed
01289330999 maltingsberwick.co.uk/

20 November 2014 Arts Centre Washington, Newcastle
01912193455 artscentrewashington.co.uk/

21 November 2014 Derby Theatre, Derby
01332593939 derbytheatre.co.uk/

24 - 25 November 2014 Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
01316233030 assemblyfestival.com/roxy/

27 November 2014 Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Buckinghamshire 08448717627 aylesburytheatre.org/

28 November 2014 Hazlitt Arts Centre, Kent
01622758611 parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/theatre/

1 - 6 December 2014 Roundhouse, London
03006789222 roundhouse.org.uk/