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Great Britain

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Paige Britain, ambitious news editor of red-top The Free Press learns about phone-hacking by an innocent informant.

Before long, she's blackmailing her way into positions of power and influence with the Metroploitan Police and the leader of the Conservative Party.

Richard 'One Man, Two Guv'nors' Bean’s fast and furious new play is an anarchic, foul-mouthed satire about the press, the police and the political establishment. After radiant notices at the National Theatre, it now transfers to the West End.

With any resemblance to the true-life story of Rebekah Brooks purely coincidental, Great Britain is just as hilarious as One Man, Two Guv'nors, but with the added dimension that it's bursting with razor-sharp observations about contemporary society. Nicholas Hytner directs.

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Performance schedule

7.30pm Mon - Sat
2.30pm Wed & Sat

Cast & Creatives

CAST

Paige Britain - Lucy Punch

Ben Mansfield

Sarah Annis

Ross Boatman

Robert Calvert

William Chubb

Dermot Crowley

Jo Dockery

Robert Glenister

Ian Hallard

James Harkness

Scott Karim

Barbara Kirby

Nicholas Lumley

Maggie McCarthy

Iain Mitchell

Miles Mitchell

Aaron Neil

Nick Sampson

Kellie Shirley

Kiruna Stamell

Harriet Thorpe

Rupert Vansittart

Joseph Wilkins

Andrew Woodall.

CREATIVE

Written by Richard Bean

Directed by Nicholas Hytner

Designed by Tim Hatley

Lightin By Neil Austin

Music by Grant Olding

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Because there is no coherent overall style, the audience is left uncertain what it is watching and why. It's a pity, really, because there are so many good actors here - the cast is enormous - and marshalled in the one direction the results might have been very different.

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