Jack Absolute Flies Again
By arrangement with Knight Hall Agency Ltd in association with United Agents Ltd
Jack Absolute Flies Again by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris, based on 'The Rivals' by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Thursday 27th March to Saturday 29th March 2025
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The Queen Mother Theatre
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Big Spirit Youth Theatre
Summary
What will happen in England after we have won this war?
Bunting! Bunting everywhere!
After the bunting has been taken down.
They will never take down our bunting!
July 1940. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish. Back on British soil, Jack’s advances soon turn to anarchy when the young heiress demands to be loved on her own, very particular, terms.
The Big Spirit Youth Theatre brings this wonderful new play by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris to The QMT. In 2011, Richard Bean became the first playwright to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Play for two plays, The Heretic and One Man, Two Guvnors. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the National Theatre, London, in July 2022.
