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Tue 4 February - Sat 8 February

The Shark is Broken

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Tue

04 Feb

7.30pm

From: £20.00

Wed

05 Feb

7.30pm

From: £20.00

Wed

05 Feb

7.30pm

From: £20.00

Thu

06 Feb

2pm

From: £20.00

  • Audio Described
  • Touch Tour

Thu

06 Feb

7.30pm

From: £20.00

  • British Sign Language (BSL)

Fri

07 Feb

7.30pm

From: £23.00

Sat

08 Feb

2pm

From: £23.00

Sat

08 Feb

7.30pm

From: £23.00

DIVE INTO THE DRAMA BEHIND THE SCENES OF JAWS

FADE IN: The open ocean, 1974. Filming is delayed…again. The lead actors – theatre veteran Robert Shaw and young Hollywood hotshots Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider – are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star. Alcohol flows, egos collide, and tempers flare on a chaotic voyage that just might lead to cinematic magic…if it doesn’t sink them all.

Step aboard the Orca and into THE SHARK IS BROKEN, a “profound dive behind the scenes of the making of Jaws” (The Daily Telegraph, ⭐⭐⭐⭐). This Olivier Award-nominated new play is “hilariously brilliant and pure genius” raves the Sunday Express (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) and stars Ian Shaw (War Horse, Common) as his father, Robert Shaw.

THE SHARK IS BROKEN celebrates movie history and peeks at the choppy waters behind Hollywood’s first blockbuster.

 

Additional information

Short tempers. Short circuits. 95 minutes, no intermission

Accessible Performances

 

BSL Interpreted | By Emma Jane Mansfield on Thurs 6 Feb at 7:30pm

Audio Described | by Caroline Burn on Thurs 6 Feb at 2pm (Touch Tour at 12.30pm)

To book accessible performances, please
email access@thelowry.com
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call 0161 876 2183

 

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REVIEWS

‘IAN SHAW GIVES ONE OF THE MOST EXHILARATING THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES OF THE YEAR’

EVENING STANDARD

‘SENSATIONAL FUN’

SUNDAY EXPRESS

‘WITTY WONDERFUL WORD PLAY’

SUNDAY MIRROR