In a London mental hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an exiled African dictator. As the drama unfolds, his story becomes unnervingly plausible. Joe Penhall's first play is an incendiary tale about race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying NHS. The National Theatre's premiere and subsequent West End transfer won the Olivier Award for Best Play, the Critics' Circle award for Best Play and the Evening Standard award award for Best Play Plain Clothes Theatre are proud to announce their autumn tour of this modern classic. The project marks a new stage in the company's development as we move from being a single-venue based company and instead focus on touring, bringing our award-winning work to people all over the UK. This tour is based in the South-West and will be touring to the following venues:
	16 - 20 September (8pm) Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Rd, Bristol, BS3 1TF Tickets: £12 (full price) £8 (conc) Box Office 0117 922 0344 www.tobaccofactorytheatre.com
	30 September - 4 October Everyman Studio Theatre, Regent St, Cheltenham GL50 1HQ Tues-Fri 7.45pm; Thurs mat 2pm; Sat mat 2.30pm; Sat 8pm Tickets: £7.50 Box Office 01242 572 573 www.everymantheatre.org.uk
	9th October (7.30pm) Swindon Arts Centre, Devizes Rd, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 4BJ Tickets: £10 / concs available Box Office 01793 614837 www.swindon.gov.uk/artscentre
	7-8 November (8pm) Rondo Theatre, St Saviour's Rd, Larkhall, Bath, BA1 6RT Tickets: £9 (full price) £7 (conc) Box Office 01225 463362 www.rondotheatre.co.uk
Sam Berger has been writing a production blog during the rehearsal and performance period - click here to read it. We have also been reviewed by various media - click here to read the reviews. Details on our past productions will be posted up here soon - we are currently putting together an archive of our shows and we hope to launch this very soon.
Below you can read about the cast and crew involved in this project. Award-winning writer and director Joe Penhall was described by The Financial Times as both "angry" and "one of the finest playwrights of his generation."  Joe wrote the award-winning television series The Long Firm and won a National Critics screenplay award for the feature film Enduring Love, based on Ian McEwan's novel. Other work include Landscape With Weapon:  Premiered 2007 at London's National Theatre; Dumb Show: Royal Court, 2004; The Bullet: Donmar Warehouse, 1998; Love and Understanding: Bush Theatre, 1997. Sam formed Plain Clothes Theatre Productions in 2003 whilst living in London. Since then he has taken the company to Canada for two years, presenting shows in Vancouver and Toronto. Last year, Sam directed Plain Clothes Theatre's award-winning production of Breathing Corpses by Laura Wade. His previous work with Plain Clothes include a double-bill from George F. Walker's Suburban Motel at Bristol's Alma Tavern, Entertaining Mr. Sloane by Joe Orton and David Mamet's Duck Variations. . As well as running Plain Clothes, Sam has recently directed for Theatre West, Bristol New Writing Company, Birdland Theatre, M. Rubinoff Productions and Paige 18 Productions. As well as directing, Sam regularly teaches Meisner Technique to actors and is an experienced dramaturg and has also worked as a graphic designer - creating publicity for all Plain Clothes' shows and a wide range of other companies in the UK and Canada. He also teaches a number of youth theatre classes in the Bristol area. Sam graduated from Goldsmith's College in 2003 with an MA in Directing. He also trained at Dartington College of Arts, Totnes between 1995 and 1998. Scenic work includes The Voysey Inheritance, The Seagull and Market Boy at The National Theatre and productions for the Duke of York Theatre and Soho Theatre. More recently she has worked with White Horse Theatre in Germany on set design for their touring shows. She recently finished a year's contract as an assistant and fabricator for artist Damien Hirst. She has previously worked with Sam as the set designer on Demon Box, a production by Theatre West.   Rachel has produced work for a wide range of companies in the South West, spearheading a number of successful tours and productions. Credits include work for Full Beam Visual Theatre and Stuff & Nonsense Theatre and Pickled Image. She is a recognized and respected producer in venues across the South West and has vast experience tour managing, budgeting and fund raising.   'Blue / Orange' marks Lucie's second production with Plain Clothes Theatre, having produced last year's hit Breathing Corpses. She has worked as a radio journalist and producer at BBC Five Live and at both BBC and commercial local radio stations, and currently oversees all marketing operations at St. George's Hall, Bristol. She graduated from Warwick University in 2001 with a degree in English and European Literature. Christopher studied Meisner Technique at the Actors Temple, London and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in July 2008.  At Central, he performed in several productions including The London Cuckolds, Chips with Everything, Pillars of the Community, Hamlet, The Crucible and The Last Ones.  Last year he served as associate artist of Fail Better Productions, for whom his one man adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's Diary of a Madman was named Best Fringe Show of 2007 by Time Out London. Having grown up in Somerset, Christopher is delighted to return to the West Country. No Stranger to hard work in this industry, Wolverhampton born and raised Colin Dunkley spent his summers cleaning tables at the West Yorkshire Playhouse Theatre in Leeds to pay for his actors training. Colin then went on to study his Performing Arts Degree in Drama and Dance at the London WAC Performing Arts and Media College and Identity Drama School before completing his final year at the Birmingham School of Acting.   Straight out of drama school Colin was casted in Arthur Millers 'The Crucible' by the Talawa Theatre Company and soon after secured the lead role in west midlands playwright Robert Warrington's black comedy 'Zak In The Box'. Chris has most recently toured with the Bristol Old Vic production of Aesop’s Fables, which included sell-out performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Wellington International Arts Festival and the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Other theatre includes : Alice through the Looking Glass (Tobacco Factory); King Lear, The Provok’d Wife, The Seagull and Filumena (Peter Hall Company); The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Charlotte’s Web (Duke’s Theatre, Lancaster); The Crowstarver and Bonjour Bob (Theatre Alibi); Clown (Travelling Light); No Loud Bangs series, The Rivals, The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, Penetrator, Addicted to Love (Bristol Old Vic); Keep On Moving (Fairgame); Never Ending Sunset (Cheltenham Everyman tour); Monkey World and Or Else (Soft Theatre); Instant Wit; Desperate Men