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The History Boys

The History Boys

Live at
Richmond Theatre
Tue 29 Oct - Sat 2 Nov 2024
  Tickets available from £15.00
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This show has an interval
20 years ago, Alan Bennett’s THE HISTORY BOYS premiered at the National Theatre in London and immediately became a modern classic.
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Richmond Theatre

Tue 29 Oct - Sat 2 Nov 2024
Richmond Theatre, The Green, Richmond, TW9 1QJ
This show has an interval
Tue - Sat at 19:30
Wed, Thu, and Sat at 14:30
For group bookings of 10 or more:

Since then, it’s won 30 major theatre awards, had West End and Broadway runs, national and international productions, been adapted into a film and was voted The Nation’s Favourite Play. In short, THE HISTORY BOYS made history.

The History Boys

To mark the 20th anniversary, the staff and students at Cutlers’ Grammar School are back in a vibrant new revival by Seán Linnen that asks - what is the purpose of education? And who is it for?

Intelligent, witty and hilarious. Passes with flying colours
- The Times
Immensely funny … in short, a superb, life-enhancing play
- The Guardian
Brilliantly funny with lines that we will be quoting for years to come… naughty, impish, endlessly ironic
- Financial Times

A-Level results day. 1980s Sheffield.

Eight unruly teenagers burst into adulthood with the best grades their school has ever seen, but their sights are set on something higher: to study at the most famous academic institutions in the world - Oxford and Cambridge. But their teachers can’t agree how best to tutor them. There’s Hector, the maverick English teacher who believes in culture for its own sake; Irwin - the shrewd supply teacher full of soundbites; Felix - the headmaster obsessed with league tables and Mrs Lintott - the History teacher who thinks her colleagues are all fools.

THE HISTORY BOYS follows this bright bunch of boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university, lifting the lid on staffroom rivalries and the anarchy of adolescence.

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Richmond Theatre

Richmond Theatre, The Green, Richmond, TW9 1QJ
Richmond (District Line), Overground (SW Trains)
The Box Office is open for 90 minutes prior to the performance commencing. Please note we will not be open on days we do not have any performances. See the ‘What’s On’ section for performance times.
Bar - Pre-show & interval drinks and snacks
Ambassador Lounge - Pre-show & interval table service (Charge applies)

One of the oldest surviving theatres designed by iconic architect Frank Matcham, Richmond Theatre has sat in the heart of the local community since 1899.

The beautiful Grade II-listed venue presents a wide range of quality shows, from pre- and post-West End Drama to record-breaking musicals, opera, dance and family entertainment.

The theatre is also a popular filming location, having been used for film and TV including Finding Neverland, Bugsy Malone, Killing Eve and Ted Lasso.

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Richmond Theatre

Tue 29 Oct - Sat 2 Nov 2024
Richmond Theatre, The Green, Richmond, TW9 1QJ
This show has an interval
Tue - Sat at 19:30
Wed, Thu, and Sat at 14:30
For group bookings of 10 or more:
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