Following celebrated seasons at the National Theatre and on Broadway, Lee Hall’s The Pitmen Painters will at last enjoy a West End season, opening at the Duchess Theatre on Wednesday 5 October.
In 1934, a group of Ashington miners hired a professor to teach an art appreciation evening class. Rapidly abandoning theory in favour of practice, the pitmen began to paint – prolifically. Within a few years avant-garde artists became their friends and their work was acquired by prestigious collectors; but every day they continued to work, as before, down the mine…
The Pitmen Painters is highly amusing, deeply moving and always entertaining as it examines the lives of a group of ordinary men who do extraordinary things.
| 2010 | Broadway |
Manhattan Theatre Club Production Broadway |
| 2011 | West End |
London Production West End |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Olivier Awards | Best New Play | Lee Hall |
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