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PP Around the UK in 81 days
As we are in rehearsals for 4 plays, with two set to tech and open next week, plus a 5th play to start rehearsals and a 6th to join in four weeks time – it can be difficult to keep track of who is...
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Leo Butler’s brand new play
As we’ve previously revealed, we believe the playwright should be the lead creative artist in the process of making new plays. So we commission slightly differently to other companies in that we...
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A Play, a Cake and a Pint?
Cake is becoming a bit of a theme around here – as he told us yesterday, Sean is adjusting well to life as the PP intern by embracing the abundance of cakes in the office. And two of this year’s three...
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What we’re seeing at the theatre…
It’s been a busy Autumn for Paines Plough, with shows on in Sheffield, Glasgow, Manchester and Coventry simultaneously but despite our team being split all over the country we’ve still managed to catch...
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THE 8TH tour announced
We’re very excited to announce today that we’re taking our 2011 co-production with Manchester International Festival THE 8TH by Paul Heaton and book by Ché Walker back on the road again later this year...
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Sunday Sabbath? Not in the world of rock ‘n roll. With just one day in London to wash clothes and fold away any newly-bought Tartan from Glasgow, Paines Plough were on the 8.10am to Manchester to kick...
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London UK Tour – Audience reviews
As LONDON comes to the end of its run at Live Theatre in Newcastle we have been inundated with feedback from audiences there about the show. Here are just some of the lovely comments and thank you to...
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Go Bush – Reflections on LONDON
There’s an old Australian saying ‘to go bush’ which means to leave the city and all your cares behind. What made me think of that wasn’t a trip to the outback but a train ride through the rolling...
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The future of small-scale touring
An Independent Touring Symposium The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 30 January 2014, 11am-6pm We’ve hooked up with our friends The Royal Exchange, Manchester, ITC and PANDA to announce a TED-style...
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Hello from our new Assistant Producer
Hello! I’m Francesca, the new Assistant Producer at Paines Plough. I’m only in my third week at PP but WHAT a three weeks it has been. My feet feel like they quite literally haven’t touched the...
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