Acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, Jez Butterworth’s new play is a comic, contemporary vision of life in our green and pleasant land. Starring Mark Rylance and Mackenzie Crook, JERUSALEM transfers to the West End following a sell-out run at the Royal Court Theatre. The production previews from 28 January 2010 and will have a strictly limited 12-week run at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue.
On St George’s Day, the morning of the local county fair, Johnny Byron, local waster and modern day Pied Piper, is a wanted man. The council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his son wants his dad to take him to the fair, Troy Whitworth wants to give him a serious kicking and a motley crew of mates want his ample supply of drugs and alcohol.
EVENING STANDARD THEATRE AWARDS 2009
& CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARDS 2010
WINNER! BEST PLAY AND BEST ACTOR – MARK RYLANCE
LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARDS 2010 NOMINATIONS
BEST PLAY, BEST ACTOR, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, BEST SET DESIGN, BEST SOUND DESIGN
'This play, this production, this performance are sensational' Financial Times
'An instant, modern classic. Mark Rylance gives one of the greatest stage performances I have ever witnessed' Daily Telegraph
'Miraculously fresh, funny, moving and mysterious' Daily Telegraph
'A hilarious, enchanting, affecting evening' The Times
'Refreshing, humane, touching and wickedly funny' Evening Standard
'Rylance… our greatest living actor' The Independent
'Rylance, the most exciting stage actor of his generation, playing one of the juiciest roles in living memory' The Times
'Jerusalem, beautifully directed by Rickson, proves to be even better than its ecstatic publicity suggests…. The cast are uniformly superb but Rylance is in a league of his own.' The Independent
'Butterworth’s script shines with self-knowing wit and compassion' The Times
'Butterworth’s deliciously wild vision of contemporary England pulses with energy and poetry' Evening Standard
'Spellbinding, exuberant and glowingly atmospheric, it teems with faultess performances, central among them Mark Rylance’s extraordinary portrayal of Johnny. You’d be mad to miss it.' Time Out
