Thu 10 – Sat 26 Nov 2022 A LIVE THEATRE, PAINES PLOUGH & SYNERGY THEATRE PROJECT co-production
An astonishing true story
By Ric Renton
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Thu 10 – Sat 26 Nov 2022
Written by RIC RENTON Directed by JACK MCNAMARA Assistant Director BEX BOWSHER Designed by VERITY QUINN Sound Designer ADAM P MCCREADY Lighting Designer ALI HUNTER
Shepherd RIC RENTON
Brown RYAN NOLAN
The most astonishing new voice you will hear this year.
‘ One Off was all the dignity afforded to those who could take no more. No names. Not even their number. One Off. I am DV7789. I write this for all those dead boys, and for night watchman Jock, who, without his invisible persistent presence, unseen in the corridors of HMP Durham, I too may have just been another One Off’. Ric Renton
Knox RICKY SHAH
Jock MALCOLM SHIELDS
One Off, the incredible autobiographical tale of Ric Renton’s years in Durham prison and the life changing friendships he developed that saved him. Three young men Knox, Brown and Shepherd pass their time in their respective cells. Energised by their friendship but with the walls around them getting smaller, haunted by the repeated pronouncements of another life lost, the arrival of nightwatchman Jock, offers Shepherd an unexpected way through the darkness. Rich with emotion but sizzling with high energy and the blackest humour, One Off is one of the most urgent pieces of new writing you will likely see.
Suitable for ages 16+ Contains strong language and themes of suicide
Tickets £10 – £24, concessions from £6.
Live Theatre, Broad Chare, Quayside, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 3DQ
0191 232 1232 www.live.org.uk
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One Off is generously supported by The Hadrian Trust and The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust.
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