The Laramie Project is a play about Matthew Shepard who was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming for being gay. He died days later. The authors interviewed over 200 people to make the play. It's showing in London from 18th to 21st November at The Space, 269 West Ferry Road, E14 with two charity performances. Tickets £10+ click here to book online.
They say
From the producers of Lilies and Zanna, Don't!
Wild Oats Productions presents The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project.
The Laramie Project is a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable. Don’t miss the opportunity to catch one of America’s most performed plays, in London for a strictly limited number of performances.
In October 1998 a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay. Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of a year and a half in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard.
They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. Some people interviewed were directly connected to the case, and others were citizens of Laramie, and the breadth of their reactions to the crime is fascinating. Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences.
When and where
18, 19, 21 November 2009 at 8.00pm, 22 November 2009 at 4.00pm
The Space, 269 West Ferry Road, London E14 3RS
Tickets £10.00 (Concessions £8)
20 November at 7.30pm - Special performance in aid of Theatre MAD
All Tickets £16.00 followed by Q&A (proceeds to Theatre MAD)
21 November at 3.00pm - Matinee performance in aid of Soho Remembers 17-24-30
All Tickets £10 (proceeds to 17-24-30)
Box Office: 020 7515 7799 or click here to book online
