The absurdly prolific James Graham is surely too busy for a new play this year – he’s got a million screen projects and his musical ‘Tammy Faye’ is heading to Broadway – but here’s a transfer of one he did last year for Liverpool’s Royal Court. ‘Boys from the Blackstuff’ is, of course, Graham’s adaptation of Alan Bleasdale’s seminal ’80s drama about five unemployed men trying to negotiate their way through Thatcher’s decade.
Kate Wasserberg directs the show, which will return to Liverpool for a run prior to a short transfer to the Olivier theatre for 21 performances only then straight on to the West End’s Garrick Theatre.
