This May Hurt a Bit

Wed 7 May to Sat 10 May 2014

PLAYHOUSE

“It would be a great reform in politics if wisdom could be made to spread as easily and rapidly as folly”
Winston Churchill

A month after stating “we will stop the top-down reorganisation of the NHS that has got in the way of patient care”, the government launched the biggest top-down reorganisation the service had seen in its 65-year history.

With wit, tenderness, and splashes of the surreal, Stella Feehily’s new play follows one family’s journey through the digestive system of the NHS, and asks: what’s the prognosis? 

This production is supported by Frank and Elizabeth Brenan

An Out of Joint and Octagon Theatre Bolton co-production

Company

Cast Frances Ashman, Stephanie Cole, William Hope, Natalie Klamar, Hywel Morgan, Brian Protheroe, Jane Wymark & Tristram Wymark

Writer Stella Feehily

Director Max Stafford-Clark

Reviews

This May Hurt a Bit

★★★★
"Stella Feehily's passionate, urgently topical play"

The Guardian

This May Hurt a Bit

"As agit-prop theatre goes… must surely rank as one of the most stylish ever staged"

What'sOnStage

This May Hurt a Bit

★★★★
"Max Stafford-Clark's direction is masterly"

The Observer