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    17 Jun 2008

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2,000 Feet Away

Showing at:Bush Theatre

Box Office:020 7610 4224

 

Age:General

Genre:Play

Sub Genre:Play-Drama

Eldon, Iowa is a tiny community in the heartland of America. Its Deputy Sheriff is charged with enforcing the new state law banning sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of schools, parks, bus stops, public libraries, or anywhere else children may gather.

When The Deputy is compelled to evict his neighbours’ son the new law hits home. Over the course of this single weekend, fear and intolerance swell in Eldon and the two men are thrown together to discover that there is nowhere in this vast landscape for Iowa’s outcasts to go.

Powerful, compassionate and urgent, 2,000 Feet Away tells a gripping story about reasonable laws with terrible consequences and the price we pay for safety at any cost.

For more about this production read the First Night Feature.

Performance Details

  • previews from: 11 Jun 2008
  • opening night: 16 Jun 2008
  • closing: 19 Jul 2008

show times: Mon-Sat 20:00, mats Sat 15:00

ticket prices: £10-£15

Assisted Performances

audio described performance: By in-house on Wed 9 Jul at 20:00, tickets £10 T: 020 7610 4224 E: boxoffice@bushtheatre.co.uk

sign language interpreted performance: By in-house on Sat 28 Jun at 15:00, tickets £10 T: 020 7610 4224 E: boxoffice@bushtheatre.co.uk

cast: Joseph Fiennes, Ian Hart, Kirsty Bushell, Phyllis Logan, Roger Sloman, Kevin Trainor, Charlotte Beaumont/Miranda Princi, Joe Ashman/Oliver Coopersmith

author: Anthony Weigh

director: Josie Rourke

designer: Lucy Osborne

map: View Map

address: Shepherd's Bush Green, London, United Kingdom, W12 8QD

nearest tube: Shepherds Bush or Goldhawk Road

nearest bus: 49, 72, 94, 95, 207, 220, 237, 260, 283, 295, 607

parking: Free parking in local streets after 6.30pm

air conditioned: No

Assisted Performance Booking Information

Accessible Facilities Venue Information

access description: Access up staircase

wheelchairs: Wheelchair spaces by arrangement

bars: Situated above public house

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