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Bear Pit Play Readings

Usually, on the first Sunday of every month we gather in The Bear Pit bar to read a new play. All are welcome, although we do ask you to email Chris Dobson at dobspoon@gmail.com if you’d like to come so we have an idea of numbers – do let Chris know as well if you have any ideas for future plays to read!

This Month’s Reading

Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth

14th September – 6:30pm for 7pm start

Jerusalem (2009), debuting at London’s Royal Court Theatre, presents Johnny “Rooster” Byron—a defiant, ex-stuntman, drug dealer, and mythic Pied Piper figure—holding court in a ramshackle caravan deep in rural Wiltshire as council officials prepare to evict him on St George’s Day. The play unfolds as a joyful yet chaotic ritual, blending the raw rebellion of folk myth with the creeping intrusion of modern bureaucracy. It became emblematic of a shifting England—caught between fading traditions and the advance of development—and earned a reputation as one of the greatest British plays of the 21st century.

Chris Dobson

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