The Pitmen Painters

In 1934, a group of Ashington Miners hired a professor to teach an art appreciation evening class. Rapidly abandoning theory in favour of practice, the pitmen began to paint.

This humourous and deeply moving play by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, Cooking with Elvis) arrives in Sheffield following sell-out seasons at Live Theatre, Newcastle and the National Theatre.

Winner of Best New Play at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2008.

'A wonderful piece of theatre: comic, sad and stirring in the same breath.' Financial Times

'Inspired, witty, serious and humbling...feisty writing and astonishingly fine performances. The best new play of the year so far.' Mail on Sunday

'A beautiful work of art that everybody should see.' The Times

Audio described performance - Thu 5 Nov 2009 7.30 pm

Captioned performance by STAGETEXT - Sat 7 Nov 2009 2.30 pm

Watch the trailer and documentary about the show.

Insights
Pre-Show Talk - Wed 4 Nov, 6.00pm - 6.45pm - £2.50
Professor Sue Owens talks about the play. Limited capacity, please book in advance.

Talk Back - Wed 4 Nov, after the 7.30pm performance - free admission.

Workshop: Introduction to Theatre
A week-long course, led by theatre professionals who have created shows at the National Theatre, which gives participants an insight into the process of theatre making. Includes a ticket to see The Pitmen Painters at the Lyceum with an opportunity to meet the cast.
£30; £10 concessions
21 & 28 Oct - 6.30pm to 8.30pm, Wed 4 Nov - 7.15pm to 10.30pm, Wed 11 & 18 Nov - 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Page to Stage - Thu 5 Nov, 11.30am to 2.00pm - £2.50
A talk and demonstration with staff from the National Theatre which places students in the role of the director and gives them the opportunity to use the set and particpate in the process of staging scenes from the play.

See more production images on our flickr page