The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Tuesday 23 April from 7:30pm to 10pm Wednesday 24 April from 7:30pm to 10pm Thursday 25 April from 7:30pm to 10pm Friday 26 April from 7:30pm to 10pm Saturday 27 April from 7:30pm to 10pm Sunday 28 April from 2pm to 4:30pm Thursday 2 May from 7:30pm to 10pm Friday 3 May from 7:30pm to 10pm Saturday 4 May from 7:30pm to 10pm Sunday 5 May from 2pm to 4:30pm Thursday 9 May from 7:30pm to 10pm Friday 10 May from 7:30pm to 10pm Saturday 11 May from 7:30pm to 10pm Sunday 12 May from 2pm to 4:30pm Thursday 16 May from 7:30pm to 10pm Friday 17 May from 7:30pm to 10pm Saturday 18 May from 2pm to 4:30pm
“A journalist is a cross between a bootlegger and a whore.”
Late at night, in the crowded press room at Chicago’s Criminal Courts, a group of reporters is waiting to cover a controversial execution the next morning.
Then an unexpected event breaks through the banter and bravura, the cynicism and ennui, and suddenly a scoop is on the cards.
This landmark comedy from 1928 introduced the now-familiar stereotype of the hard-living, hard-drinking reporter determined to get to the truth.
Though computers have replaced typewriters, and the internet has changed the way news is reported, this satire on systemic corruption, manipulation and scandal in politics, journalism and justice still hits a nerve.
The plot twists and turns as much as its the ethically elastic characters, and the laugh-a-minute, rapid-paced script will get the adrenaline rushing.
“One of the funniest and most exciting of American plays” New York Times