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Tmesis Theatre in association with the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse present

                                       THE DREADFUL HOURS

Directed by Javier Marzan (Peepolykus)
Script by Chris Fittock




Wednesday 6 October
Main Auditorium, 7.30pm

£13, £11 (concessions £2 off)




Energised, ambitious, and intoxicated with a perfect summer of technicolour love, they feel extraordinary, and long to have the world at their feet.  But what happens when the summer ends?  When an hour’s dinner can seem like years, yet years seem to pass in a heartbeat? 

CombiningTmesis Theatre’s trademark physicality with new writing from acclaimed playwright Chris Fittock, this isadarkly comic drama that exploresthe quiet crumbling of love’s first flourish through the lifetime of one couple’s relationship. 

Peepolykusmaster of the ridiculous Javier Marzan directs a wonderfully inventive production full of dark humour and striking visuals.

"AN EXCITING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING PIECE OF THEATRE"
-Liverpool Daily Post

"THE DREADFUL HOURS IS CARRIED OUT WITH SKILLS AND PASSION, INTERSPERSED WITH SILENT PAUSES TO DO HAROLD PINTER PROUD"
-What's on Stage

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