Kneehigh Theatre in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
England, 1978. The Winter of Discontent. Cold hearts seek comfort and poor souls look for love.
A woman nurses her dying father; a cleaner greedily devours her open university course in the fight for a better life; a career woman seeks the path that her life never took, and the loyal friend, always in the shadows, fears he will disappear one day and no-one will notice. We are in the lonely heart’s column of life and ‘Save me’ is the silent call that drifts from their aching bodies.
But wait. Help is on hand. Don John is here! Dangerous, naughty and irresistible, Don John is a vessel for all our desires – a delicious chancer. He enters our lives and leaves us changed. Oh yes, he leaves us, for Don John belongs to nobody but himself and the devil!
With a sensational score of specially commissioned music, Kneehigh bring their renowned brand of physical storytelling to this sexy tale. After their sell-out production of Cymbeline delighted audiences during the 2006 Complete Works Festival, Kneehigh return to Stratford-upon-Avon with a with a new production that promises to be visually stunning, anarchic and intoxicating. Kneehigh are a driving force in contemporary British theatre. Their joyous, compelling and physical storytelling has entranced audiences throughout the UK with productions including Tristan & Yseult, Nights at the Circus, Rapunzel and Brief Encounter, currently playing in the West End.
Don John plays in repertoire at The Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, from 12 December 2008 - 10 January 2009.
Running time
The running time for Don John is 2 hours and 20 minutes including an interval.
Access performances
Assisted performances on 5 January, 7 January.
Additional information
Select your own seat is available on this production in Stratford-upon-Avon.
See the set model for Kneehigh's Don John.
Read an interview with Don John director Emma Rice.
Suitable for everyone over 14, this production contains sex and disco so don't sit with your parents if you're easily embarrassed.
