PREVIEW: The History Boys
The History Boys, named the UK’s favourite play in 2013 by the English Touring Theatre, will make it’s way to the Millennium Forum this month.
Having opened at the National Theatre in London in 2004 to sell-out audiences amid rave reviews, it propelled several of it’s original cast, such as James Cordon, Dominic Cooper and Samuel Barnett to stardom.
Now, with a new touring production, Alan Bennett’s The History Boys is back.
Set in the north of England in the 1980’s, The History Boys follows a group of students as they prepare for the Oxford and Cambridge entrance examinations under the guidance of their three teachers, who each have contrasting teaching styles.
Their eccentric English teacher, Hector, is at odds with Irwin, the young supply teacher who has been hired to introduce a more ruthless teaching approach, whilst their headmaster is only interested with results and is obsessed with moving up the academic league table.
The History Boys has won over 30 major awards, including the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play.
>> The History Boys runs from Wednesday, 13 May to Saturday, 16 May at the Millennium Forum with tickets from £16.50.
