As part of Hull Truck Theatre’s 50th anniversary celebrations, John Godber reimagines his iconic play for the leavers of 2022.
Salty, Gail and Hobby are departing Whitewall College for uncertain futures in uncertain times. Burn out, pregnancies, stress, affairs, depression; no-one is exempt, from the students, and security staff, to the business-minded Principal. How much more can a system take?
In 1987 the teaching of drama in Comprehensive education was being marginalised in a system under pressure. In the same year Hull Truck Theatre produced Teechers which was to become the go-to play to attract young people to the theatre. Thirty-five years later, exam chaos, tech poverty, isolation, absenteeism and lost school hours have put the state system under more pressure than ever before.
Highly physical, hugely funny, deceptively radical, mixing dance and spoken word, Teechers Leavers ’22 is alive and in your face; back in Hull where it all started.
Written by John Godber
Directed by Mark Babych
Thu 19 May – Sat 11 Jun, 7.30pm
21, 25, 28 May & 1, 4, 8, 11 Jun, 2pm
Pay What You Can Performance: Thur 19 May, 7.30pm
Socially Distanced Performance: Wed 8 Jun, 7.30pm
Free Q&A for ticket holders after the evening performance on Wed 1 Jun
Touch Tour – Tue 31 May 6pm (places must be booked in advance)
Audio Described Performance – Tue 31 May, 7.30pm
Captioned Performance (open) – Thur 2 Jun, 7.30pm
Relaxed Performance – Sat 4 Jun, 2pm
BSL Interpreted Performance – Tue 7 Jun, 7.30pm
Available to watch on demand 2 – 18 Jun
Recommended Age: 12+
