"Let us hope that 2005 brings more of this company" Evening Standard

6-29 January 2005
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Directed by Adam Barnard
Designed by Vicki Fifield
Music by Peter Michaels
at The Finborough Theatre

Losing his job is enough. Reuben built that firm. But losing his wife and his brother the same night? Someone is playing roulette with Reuben’s life.

Brutally funny and crackling with theatrical energy, Patience crawls beneath the skin of modern life to meet the big questions head on. Who are we? And what are we doing here? As Reuben trawls the shattered remnants of his life, he struggles to decipher what remains now that everything he was taught to value has been taken away.

Winner of the Governor General’s Award and twice winner of the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award, Jason Sherman is one of Canada’s most successful contemporary dramatists. His work has been produced throughout Canada and the USA, and is now seen for the very first time in the UK.

"Reuben’s search is for what you, I and Monty Python would call the Meaning of Life. That’s refreshing in itself, and speaks well for Activated Image, the enterprising and able company that is introducing Sherman to London." - Benedict Nightingale, The Times

"The play’s structural intricacies are skilfully handled in Adam Barnard’s engaging production" - Paul Taylor, The Independent

"Patience deserves a bigger audience than can be fitted into the Finborough Theatre... We should wholeheartedly look forward to the play's graduation to the West End, and to seeing more of [Sherman's] witty and thoughtful material." – Michael Portillo, New Statesman

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European Premiere

Tuesday 4 January - Saturday 29 January 2005
Tuesday - Saturday Evenings at 7:30pm
Sunday Matinees at 3:30pm

Tickets £10 / £8 concessions
Tuesday Evenings £8 all seats / Saturday Evenings £10 all seats
Previews (4 & 5 January) £8 all seats.

Activated Image would like to thank the Weaver Hughes Ensemble for all their help. Look out for Etta Jenks by Marlane Gomard Meyer at the Finborough in February. Directed by Che Walker and starring Daniella Nardini. Click here for more information.