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The Lion and the Unicorn

Wednesday 14:30

Theatre Royal Winchester

On the evening of 13th October 1939, six weeks after war has been declared on Hitler's Germany, Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain, opponents for years, meet together with their wives, Clementine and Anne, for a private dinner.

Date

Wednesday 14:30
Wednesday 21:30

October 2nd 2024 at 14:30 - October 2nd 2024 at 21:30

Event details

Address:Theatre Royal Winchester
Jewry Street,
Winchester,

Postcode:SO23 8SB

Tickets:Tickets from £15 Members Offer 10% off tickets (excluding band C)

Contact Information:boxoffice@playtothecrowd.co.uk

01962 840 440

Open hours:Wed 02 Oct 2024 - Wed 02 Oct 2024
2.30pm
7.30pm

Running time:
approx. 2hrs (inc. interval)

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On the evening of 13th October 1939, six weeks after war has been declared on Hitler's Germany, Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain, opponents for years, meet together with their wives, Clementine and Anne, for a private dinner. Prime Minister Chamberlain has seen all his efforts to negotiate peace with Hitler shattered. Churchill has been recalled to the cabinet after ten years, his dire warnings of the Nazi threat vindicated.

History tells us this was the only time the four ever met alone together socially. There is no official record as to what transpired during that unique evening… "We are on the brink of the greatest tempest in history… and history often turns on one man's decision." From the pen of Robin Hawdon (God and Stephen Hawking, A Night In Provence), this compelling new play is by turns epic and intimate, dramatic and moving, and never less than enthralling throughout.

Presented as a radio-play-live-on-stage - the setting is a radio studio, the actors ready as if for a radio broadcast, and the sound effects created live on stage, all combining to transport the audience to wartime London, as Crime And Comedy Theatre Company bring to life the first ever production of this fascinating new drama.

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Hearing system

Level access toilet

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