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Boys from the Blackstuff

Alan Bleasdale’s Boys from the Blackstuff by James Graham
a Liverpool’s Royal Court production by arrangement with Bill Kenwright Limited

A rectangle, three quarters black and one quarter yellow, and on the vertical line where these meet, an image of the Liverpool docks skyline, including the Liver Building, is rotated 90 degrees clockwise, against which, the face of a man is looking into the black area of the rectangle.

Booking and details

22 May — 8 June 2024

This show has now ended

The event location is

Olivier Theatre

National Theatre
South Bank
London SE1 9PX

‘Gizza job. Go on, gizzit.’

80s Liverpool. Life is tough as Chrissie, Loggo, George, Dixie and Yosser play the game. But there is no work and no money. What are they supposed to do?

Find jobs, avoid the ‘sniffers’, work harder, work longer, buy cheaper, spend less? All whilst having a laugh along the way.

Following its ★★★★★ (Daily Mail) run at Liverpool’s Royal Court, James Graham’s (Dear England) powerful new adaptation comes to the South Bank, 40 years after Alan Bleasdale’s ground-breaking television series. Directed by Kate Wasserberg (Artistic Director, Theatr Clwyd) in her National Theatre debut.

Performed 22 May — 8 June 2024 in the Olivier Theatre.

A Stockroom commission

★★★★★

‘Brutally funny’

Daily Mail

★★★★

‘A blast from the past which still echoes today’

Evening Standard

★★★★

‘Punchy and humane’

Financial Times

★★★★

‘Tremendously powerful’

Time Out

★★★★

‘The power of Boys from the Blackstuff is captured’

Broadway World

★★★★★

‘Astounding’

Reviews Hub

Suitability

Please note: This production contains flashing lights. It includes strong language and a gunshot. There are depictions of violence, grief and death.