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The Pitmen Painters: Comedy-Drama by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot)

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts - Main Stage (500 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041)
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Full Price:
$49.00
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$22.50 - $24.50*
4.0 by 6 members
The latest working-class comedy with heart from Lee Hall -- the acclaimed writer of the film and Broadway musical hit Billy Elliot -- chronicles the adventures of six 1930s coal miners who become the unexpected toasts of the English art world. Based on an inspiring true story, Hall's play follows a group of pitmen from Ashington, England, who take an art-appreciation course from a distinguished professor -- but quickly decide to abandon theory for practice and start to paint and sculpt on their own. Once discovered by the avant-garde artists and collectors, these working-class heroes find themselves in the middle of a true culture clash, in this ever-timely look at art, class and politics.

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The last date listed for The Pitmen Painters was Thursday January 26, 2012 / 8:00pm.

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Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts - Main Stage
500 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
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650-903-6000 box office
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5 Goldstar Member Reviews

Missing_member_pic_grid_2_1 Tony Cannizzaro
4.0

It was an amazing story that I never knew. Performers did an outstanding job. The acoustics were les than excellent and it was difficult to hear some dialogue. Enjoyed getting the discount. Take advantage of this opportunity.

Written on Jan 28 2012
Missing_member_pic_grid_2_1 Goldstar Member
5.0
Red Velvet Member

Unlike many plays which take some time to draw the audience in, The Pitmen Painters was engaging from very early on. By intermission my companion and I were exclaiming how happy we were to have come. I did not find the accents impeded my understanding of the dialogue at all. I highly recommend this play.

Written on Jan 27 2012
Missing_member_pic_grid_2_1 Goldstar Member
1.0

Very difficult to hear and understand much of the dialogue due to the accents used by the actors. Also, not much storyline or action.

Written on Jan 27 2012
Missing_member_pic_grid_2_1 theatre_lvr
4.0

Enjoyed the play. A few words were hard to pick out due to the accent and volume.

Written on Jan 23 2012
All 5 Reviews

More Information About The Pitmen Painters

Website

http://www.theatreworks.org/shows/1112-season/thepitmenpainters

Quotes & Highlights

  • “Great heart and humor! A superb play.”  --The New Yorker
  • "A  wonderful piece of theatre: comic, sad and stirring in the same breath." --Financial Times

Description

By Lee Hall
Directed by Leslie Martinson

West Coast Premiere

From the writer of the mega-hit film and musical Billy Elliot comes another absorbing London/Broadway success! A funny play that asks big questions, it tells the rousing, true story of a hardscrabble group of 1930s miners who take up painting and become sensations of the British art world. Their exhilarating journey from pit to pinnacle overflows with spirit and laughter, as rich and intriguing as the art it unveils.

About the Ticket Supplier: TheatreWorks

Innovative, fun, and always entertaining, TheatreWorks' high-energy brand of performance will captivate you! With a national reputation for artistic innovation and integrity, TheatreWorks is now in its 42nd year of presenting outstanding regional theatre on the San Francisco Peninsula and was named Best Repertory Theatre in the Bay Area by prestigious San Francisco magazine. The company offers a year-round season of musicals, comedies and dramas staged in the state-of-the-art Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts and in the graceful, California Mission-style Lucie Stern Theatre complex in Palo Alto.

"TheatreWorks' successes have illuminated the Peninsula's cultural scene like those of no other arts organization or institution." --The Mercury News