Joe Newman is the mainstream Labour MP for a traditional, working-class constituency in the North of England – until Momentum try to oust him. Unwittingly they unleash a tide that could destroy not only Labour and the Conservatives – but also every assumption anyone has ever made about what is acceptable in the mainstream of British politics.
An Honourable Man, the debut play by Michael McManus, directed by Jolley Gosnold, will get its world premiere at the White Bear, Kennington from Tuesday 20 November - Saturday 8 December 2018.
Press night: Friday 23 November at 7.30pm
Cast: Timothy Harker, Lisa Bowerman, Max Keeble, Thomas Mahy, Dee Sadler, Annie Tyson. Full creative team to be announced. Produced by Honourable Man Productions in association with the White Bear Theatre.
Michael McManus said: “When I first drafted this play in 2015, it seemed far-fetched to many people. Labour MPs being deselected in the near future? The rise of populism? Cult of personality? Here? In Britain? Now my actors, my director and I are all running hard, just to keep ahead of reality; and we can be confident life will go on imitating art, even during our three-week run. I just hope my old friend Frank Field doesn’t do anything too dramatic!”
Michael McManus is an author, political adviser and journalist. His most recent book, “Edward Heath: A Singular Life” (Elliott & Thompson, 2016), was widely praised and featured as Book of the Week in The Daily Mail. Other books include biographies of the one-time Liberal leader Jo Grimond and the actor Nicholas Courtney; and a history of the Conservative Party and LGBT rights. @mcmaningtonhall
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The cast: back row, Max Keeble, Timothy Harker, Lisa Bowerman, front row, Annie Tyson, Thomas Mahy, Dee Sadler
Praise for the workshop production of “An Honourable Man”
featuring the same cast and director at the White Bear Theatre in June, 2018
“A riveting evening”
Polly Toynbee, author and Guardian journalist
“So much fun… what chaos we’re in and it captures that
chaos wonderfully”
Lord Michael Dobbs, author of “House of Cards”
“I think this should be done at all the political party conferences
and it should have sensational success, as it deserves”
Julian Mitchell, playwright, “Another Country”
“I got completely caught up in it and, by the end, I’m thinking,
I could see this on in the West End”
Matthew Parris, The Times columnist and former Tory MP
Honourable Man Productions
in association with the White
Bear Theatre present
AN HONOURABLE MAN
by Michael McManus
directed by
Jolley Gosnold
White Bear Theatre
138 Kennington Park Road
London SE11
Tuesday 20 November to
Saturday 8 December 2018
Press night
Friday 23 November at 7.30pm
Tuesday - Saturday at 7.30pm
Sunday at 4.00pm
Prices:
£18 and £12 concs inc booking fee
Twitter:
@WhiteBearTheatr
Website:
www.whitebeartheatre.co.uk
Box Office: 0333 012 4963 (Local rate)
10 per cent off food for ticket-holders
