A terrible water shortage has crippled the Gotham-like City that serves as the setting for Urinetown.
In a mad attempt to regulate water consumption, the government has outlawed the use of private toilets. The citizenry must use public, pay-for-use amenities owned and operated by the corrupt and iron-fisted Caldwell B. Cladwell. The privilege to pee is expensive, draining and dangerous. Anyone who refuses to pay to pee is immediately and without question hauled off to Urinetown. But what is Urinetown? Nobody knows, for those who are sent there are never heard from again. Amid the chaos, a hero decides that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!
Winner of three Tony Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America's greatest art forms. Written by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis, Urinetown catapults the "comedic romp" into the new millennium parodying musicals such as The Threepenny Opera, Les Miserables, West Side Story and the Broadway Musical itself as a form.
Performance schedule and tickets:
Performance and cast schedule:
- Tuesday 18 March - 14:30 (doors open 14:15) - Shanks Cast
- Tuesday 18 March - 19:30 (doors open 19:15) - Armitage Cast
- Wednesday 19 March - 14:30 (doors open 14:15) - Armitage Cast
- Wednesday 19 March - 19:30 (doors open 19:15) - Shanks Cast
- Thursday 20 March - 14:30 (doors open 14:15) - Shanks Cast
- Thursday 20 March - 19:30 (doors open 19:15) - Armitage Cast
Tickets:
- Tickets are free, but booking is required
Contact us:
Production credits:
Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann
Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis
URINETOWN was produced on Broadway in September, 2001 by the Araca Group and Dodger Theatricals in association with TheaterDreams, Inc., and Lauren Mitchell.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI: www.mtishows.co.uk
Image: Sam Gregory-Stephenson
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