By Peter Kemp
The 1812 Theatre presents The History Boys.
The play opens in Cutlers’ Grammar School, Sheffield, a fictional boys grammar school the north of England. Set in the mid-late 1980s, the play follows a group of history pupils preparing for the Oxford and Cambridge entrance examinations under the guidance of three teachers with contrasting styles.
Hector, an eccentric teacher, delights in knowledge for its own sake but his ambitious headmaster wants the school to move up the academic league table and hires Irwin to introduce a rather more cynical and ruthless style of teaching. Hector is discovered sexually fondling a boy and later Irwin’s latent homosexual inclinations emerge.
Season: 6 – 28 October.
Bookings: 9758 394
The Basin Theatre presents Gentlemen Incorporated.
A slightly risqué play by Deborah Muhall.
Damien is a male escort who runs a rather successful business that caters to wealthy and successful women.
When his old friend Marc returns from a backpacking around Europe, Damien talks him into ‘helping’ with an over-tight schedule. But unbeknownst to Marc and Damien, Marc’s mother Elinor is one of Damien’s clients. So is his girlfriend’s boss.
Season: Thursday 6 – Sunday 16 October.
