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The magnificent Duke of York's theatre is thrilled to play host to James Graham's latest smash-hit-in-the-making, Ink, set in late 1960s Fleet Street, the legendary road in London where all the best – and worst - British tabloid and broadsheet newspapers used to have their head offices.
The story? The Sun newspaper is about to take off in the most extraordinary way thanks to the young rebel Rupert Murdoch, a man who thinks he knows exactly what the British public want from a tabloid. He's about to give them it. And he doesn't care what it costs. This play tells the amazing story of one of the nation's best-loved and best-hated tabloid newspapers, to this day still an influential read and a top seller on the country's news stands.
James Graham, respected playwright and creator of This House, has transformed those heady early days into a play that has gathered plenty of critical acclaim during its sell-out season at the Almeida theatre. It's directed by the brilliant Rupert Goold, who helped make King Charles III such a success. And it's transferring to the Duke of York’s theatre for a strictly limited season in late summer 2017.
As The Guardian says, “Graham is often described as a political playwright, but though his plays have a public dimension they are not partisan or even especially argumentative. He is a writer of inventive documentary who has a gift for identifying historical episodes which reverberate in the present.”
The cast is amazing, starring Bertie Carvel as Murdoch himself, an actor who wowed audiences in Doctor Foster and Matilda, plus Richard Coyle as Larry lamb, an actor adored for his roles in The Associate and The Lover. They're joined by the excellent Geoffrey Freshwater, who plays Sir Alick McKay beautifully.
According to The Daily Telegraph it's, “A play for today. The blazingly talented James Graham has penned a super, soaraway smash.” The Guardian calls it a “First-rate drama about Rupert Murdoch’s move into British newspapers in the 1960s gives us no sermons about press ethics.” If you love drama, grab tickets while they're available.
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Ink Ticket Information
- Booking until:
Saturday, 6 January 2018
- Running time:
3 hours (One interval)
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All reviews are from customers who have been invited to leave a review just after seeing Ink.
Please note the reviews below are from an old production of Ink.
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A terrific show for our fake news times. As Americans, we learned a great deal about the UK tabloid wars but also about how appealing to people’s basest interests will get you want to go. And still does.
L Reviewed on 31 December 2017 by Lisa
Pelham, United States
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Excellent colourful show !A Reviewed on 19 December 2017 by Aymeric
Reims, France
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Entertaining informative & brilliantly acted playC Reviewed on 17 December 2017 by Carla
London, United Kingdom
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Extraordinarily goodH Reviewed on 01 December 2017 by Helen
London, United Kingdom
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Great showLiked the staging and the humour.
K Reviewed on 17 November 2017 by Kay
Shenfield, United Kingdom
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Brilliant and clever. BravoThe play is about Rupert Murdoch's invasion in the British press, beginning with the purchase of The Sun from The Daily Mirror group. The plot centres around the first year of The Sun, where the sole goal is to defeat The Daily Mirror in readership by the end of the year. Backed by a cracking good script and great dialogue delivery gives the play a head-start. Add to this the superbly creative set design (the set is not only horizontal, but uses the vertical dimension as well. A corner of the set is set-up (sorry for the pun) as a multi-storey office, while one part of the stage descends into the basement and re-appears at the appropriate moment. The timing of the descent & ascent of this part of the stage is impeccable! The sound design is another delight - the use of typewriters, banging of type-set alphabets (before the advent of desk top publishing) and the use of printing noises is absolutely brilliant! The cast does a superb job as well. Fantastically crisp, well-timed and emotive dialogue delivery and very gutsy acting. Bravo!
N Reviewed on 12 November 2017 by Nehal
London, United Kingdom
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Must see showC Reviewed on 10 November 2017 by Chirag
London, United Kingdom
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Best play we have seen for a long time.An excellent play. Actors were superb and enjoyed every minute.
L Reviewed on 10 November 2017 by Linda
Bedford, United Kingdom
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Sun shock horrorFor those who remember the early days of aggressive tabloid journalism in the 70's and the rise of Rupert Murdoch, then this is for you. Told in a very funny and irreverent way. Murdoch appeared as a mix of Rigsby and Uriah Heap.
C Reviewed on 01 November 2017 by Camilla
London, United Kingdom
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I was expecting a political drama, but I really enjoyed the mix of comedy , music and drama. Thoroughly enjoyable.
P Reviewed on 23 October 2017 by Peter
Motherwell, United Kingdom
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InsightfulI thoùght it showed the background as to the way papers found a process to create stories and what happened to those that gave their time willingly. All for money which is the way of our world now.
J Reviewed on 21 October 2017 by Joan
Bicester, United Kingdom
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MesmerisingPowerful production, gripped from start to finish, and Richard Coyle was outstanding as Larry Lamb.
D Reviewed on 20 October 2017 by David
Teddington, United Kingdom
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The Set, the Set, The Set.Why didn't you ask about the set? It was fabulous.... unbelievably realistic and true-to-life. Almost worth the price of admission in itself.
J Reviewed on 13 October 2017 by James Thomas
London, United Kingdom
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Probably an excellent portrayal of actual events, allegedly!K Reviewed on 26 September 2017 by Kevin
Alresford, United Kingdom
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ImpressiveGood story, informative and entertaining. Recommended!
N Reviewed on 15 September 2017 by N.
London, United Kingdom
2017
Review: James Graham's INK & LABOUR OF LOVE - St Martins Lane Theatres
by Phil Willmott | Friday, October 13 2017, 11:21
The BIG sensation in London Theatre at the moment is the young playwright James Graham. In a few short years he’s gone from pub theatre to having two major plays running in the West End, in neighbouring theatres on St Martins Lane.
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