THE MOVING TALE OF A MINOR'S STRIKE…
… this September at London’s hottest new theatre in the heart of Covent Garden!

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Amy Evans. 12 years old. Well behaved. Polite. Clever. Teachers like her. She’s no trouble. Kids think she’s OK. Quiet, but cool enough… Until the day Amy puts down her pen and announces she’s going on strike from school. No more lessons, no more homework, no more detentions. A schoolgirl’s simple stand spirals into a national scandal. As teachers fail to halt her defiance, support swells for Amy’s strike. The press – first the local rag, then a national tabloid – pick up the story. Is this the final nail in the coffin for the Government’s embattled Education Minister? A decision made shortly after 9am in history class becomes political dynamite.

One question: what does Amy really want?

Amy Evans’ Strike opens the first season at The Courtyard at Covent Garden, London’s newest professional studio theatre, located below the Theatre Museum in the heart of the West End.

Six adult actors leap between more than 30 roles, from schoolchildren to teachers, parents, journalists and politicians – accompanied by bright, cartoon-like design and a lively original soundtrack.

A workshop version of Amy Evans’ Strike was presented by Activated Image at the 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe where it was nominated for a Fringe First Award and praised as “Brilliantly devised” (Scotsman) and “One of the gems of 2001” (The List).

AMY EVANS' STRIKE by John Finnemore. Directed by Adam Barnard. Designed by Anna Bliss Scully. Lighting by Kevin Leach. Music by Peter Michaels. Produced by Miranda Curnew. With: Hannah Boyde, Susie Cousins, Paul O’Mahony, Simon Masterton, John Sheerman, Rachel Sternberg

Tuesday, September 13th to Sunday, October 9th 2005, at 7.30pm

The Courtyard at Covent Garden, Wellington Street, London WC2E 7PA
Box Office 020 7833 0876
www.thecourtyard.org.uk

Tuesday to Saturday evenings 7.30pm, Sunday evenings 6.30pm
Tickets £15, £12 concessions.
Performance length: approximately 1 hour 45 minutes including interval. Suitable for all ages.