Tickets for Philip Larkin: Masterspy now on sale!

 

Margaret Thatcher (Carly Tarett) and Philip Larkin (Daniel Thackeray)
Photo by Shay Rowan

Tickets for all the performances in the upcoming tour of Philip Larkin: Masterspy can now be booked via Fatsoma.


On two of the dates (20th September in Oldham and 4th October in London) the play is running as the second half of a double-bill with Together in Electric Dreams, another play which I directed, produced by our friends at Scytheplays Ltd. Tickets for each play can be bought singly or for the double-bill. More details about Together in Electric Dreams can be found here. 

All performances of Philip Larkin: Masterspy can be booked at the following links:

Friday 19th September, 7pm - Gulbenkian Centre, The University of Hull

Saturday 20th September, 4pm (following Together in Electric Dreams at 2.30pm) - Billingtons, Oldham

Thursday 25th September, 7.30pm - The Continental, Preston

Tuesday 30th September, 7.30pm - VideOdyssey, Liverpool

Saturday 4th October, 8.30pm (following Together in Electric Dreams at 7pm) - The Space, London

Wednesday 15th - Friday 17th October, 7.30pm - The Seven Oaks, Manchester

Saturday 18th October, 2.30pm and 7.30pm - The Seven Oaks, Manchester


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