His Dark Materials, The Lowry, Salford, Thursday 23rd April – Sun 26th Apr 2009
On 23rd to 26th April 2009, The Lowry, in Salford, will be home to a thrilling stage adaptation of Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials.
Phillip Pullman has had a distinguished writing career with a string of popular childrens books in print. Perhaps his best known works is the His Dark Materials trilogy. The novel trilogy His Dark Materials consists of the books Northern Lights (called The Golden Compass, in the US), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. Together they make up an exciting and very popular trilogy series of novels that have become a world wide hit.
The books in the series have also been made into an Academy Award and a BAFTA winning film called The Golden Compass. The smash hit film was called The Golden Compass and the cast included Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman, amongst many others.
Now the stage adaptation of His Dark Materials is on at The Lowry, in Salford, and it is likely to be popular with Pullman fans young and old.
The books have been adapted for the stage by British playwright and dramatist Nicholas Wright, who is a former Associate Director at the National Theatre. Both plays are directed by Rachel Kavanaugh and Sarah Esdaile. The plays are performed by actors from the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company in association with West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass have been made into two separate full length plays – His Dark Materials Part 1 and Part 2. They will be performed at The Lowry, as follows:-
His Dark Materials Part 1, will be performed on Thursday 23rd April at 7:30 pm, Saturday 25th April at 2:00 pm and Sunday 26th April at 2:00 pm.
Part 2 of His Dark Materials, will be performed on Friday 24th April at 7:30 pm, Saturday 25th April at 7:30pm and Sunday 26th April at 7:30 pm.
The show is suitable for ages 12+ and tickets are priced from £14.00 to £20.00 for each performance.
For more information about both the production and for ticket availability, visit the whats on section of The Lowry website.
