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Inspector Goole interrupts the evening to bring bad news... J. B. Priestley classics back on stage!

Recommended for ages 12 and above

Performance dates

Booking until 25 March 2017

Run time 1h 50mins. Tuesday - Saturday at 7.30pm, Wednesday and Thursday at 2.30pm and Sat at 3pm

Includes interval

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From the Oscar nominated Director of The Reader, The Hours and Billy Elliot comes the multi award-winning West End and Broadway production of J. B. Priestley's classic thriller An Inspector Calls.

The story begins with the mysterious Inspector Goole arriving unexpectedly at the prosperous Birling family home. Their peaceful dinner party is shattered by his investigations into their involvement in the death of a young woman whom each of them in turn has exploited.

Stephen Daldry's production of J. B. Priestey's An Inspector Calls is without doubt one of the most outstanding theatrical events of our generation. Winner of 19 major awards, it opened at the National Theatre in 1992, transferring to the West End for two years before going on an extensive international tour including Australia and New York (Broadway). The last West End production ran for 8 years and the show has enjoyed a number of major UK tours.

Special notes

Please note: ALL seats in the Upper Circle have restricted legroom.

Group Pricing

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Recent Reviews

4.3
36 reviews
Martine Hug Simon

Wonderful,smashing, great characters,marvellous artists! At first during 10 minutes we thought we were not going to understand one word but after that a real pleasure, two hours of pure diction ! We loved it and did not regret not to go to a musical show instead!!!!! Strongly recommend it!!!! Martine from Geneva Switzerland

Sian Stancombe

Loved this production of An Inspector Calls. A difficult play to stage but it was done superbly.

Wiltshire

Great BM play music very loud though

D Hoyer

Good plot and great acting. Not what I expected, but very entertaining!

Neil Langridge

A well staged and acted production.

Sophie Parker

A good rendition of the play, with some solid acting performance. An imaginative and impressive set too, with the characters "inside the house" at the start and then emerging into the foreground for the majority of the play. One small point is that, on occasion, it was quite hard to hear the characters' voices when they were inside the house. We liked the Playhouse Theatre, but it could do with a little more seating area available for those arriving early and having a drink or something to eat.

Julie Watson

upoer circleseats so high we could hardly see, and EXTREMELY small and uncomfortable. We wont be back to this theatre :(

Jill Grinsted

A great production! Brilliant acting!

Jane Masterson

Thoroughly enjoyed this portrayal of An Inspector Calls. The cast were word perfect and captivated the attention of our GCSE aged children - no easy task! Well Done Fabulous performance.

Martin Giles

Great seats, Great Play recommended Birthday treat

Rachel Major

We thought it touched on a lot of moral issues. The actors enthralled the audience as was proven with the ack of rustling of sweet papers. These sweets should be banned in theatres.

Michele

The production was most disappointing. Loud music at the start plus various explosions causing the house to disintegrate were extreaneous effects which this genre of play really didn't need. The acting was also rather poor and "hammy", reminiscent of melodrama. I felt that the main socialist point of the play was lost in all this over-dramatisation. The idea of placing the house adjacent to the street meant that we couldn't really engage with the characters as much as if the whole play had been set in the comfortable drawing room. The theatre was extremely cold and even keeping our winter coats on did little to help. Overall this was a serious let down - a great shame.

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