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That Knave, Raleigh

Down Arts Centre, 2 - 6 Irish Street, Downpatrick, County Down, BT30 6BP
That Knave, Raleigh

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Following their five-star show, I, Elizabeth, the award-winning Dyad Productions (A Christmas Carol, Lady Susan, A Room of One's Own, Christmas Gothic, Austen's Women, Female Gothic) return to the Elizabethan era. To the famous and fabulous Elizabethan explorer, sailor, dandy, and warrior, Sir Walter Raleigh. Elizabeth I's favourite and James I's knave.

This is a journey through the astonishing highs and lows of one of Britain's most famous men from history. But there's so much you don't know...

Father, husband, writer, poet, adventurer, philosopher, soldier, tyrant, egotist, lover, traitor, alchemist, visionary, victim.

In a life spanning around 65 years, Sir Walter Raleigh achieved more than others might do in a hundred lifetimes. Over a decade in the tower, and still, he held power. The Huguenots, America, The Armada, and execution. Is that the whole story? The final chapter of Raleigh's life is perhaps the most daring, strange, and utterly heartbreaking.

See the fall from grace taken directly from historical record, marvel at the magnetism of a man who seized every opportunity to create a legacy that spans the centuries, and at every wrenching, exalting, and personal moment, you will be witnesses.

Written and performed by Andrew Margerison (A Christmas Carol, Frantic Assembly's Fatherland, Macbeth), and directed by Rebecca Vaughan (A Christmas Carol).

Created in collaboration with The Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead.

Praise for Dyad Productions:

'If you haven't seen Dyad Productions' work before, you simply must' British Theatre Guide

THREE WEEKS Cumulative Body of Work Award-Winners, 2018

★★★★★'Beautifully performed... entrancing' (British Theatre Guide)

★★★★★'Richly re-imagined, exquisitely evocative' (Edinburgh Guide)

★★★★★ 'A towering performance…assured…rich' (The Scotsman)

★★★★★ 'Outstanding… gripping… never less than magnetic' (Three Weeks)

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Concession£16.00 per ticket

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Directions from Town: Follow the A7 from Belfast or the A25 from Clough into Downpatrick town centre, drive straight to the T junction at the end of Market Street and turn left. Down Arts Centre is a large red brick building with a clock tower on the right hand side, on the corner of Irish and Scotch Street. There are several paid and display car parks in the near vicinity and some on-street parking nearby.

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