Fifty years after he died, Harry Beck, the person who designed the basic tube map, might be on stage in September, as a play about his life, his work, and his spouse involves London.
For many people, the London Underground is only practical. However to Harry Beck, this net of geography turned an obsession – a fascination with the creation of the right Tube map.
How did Beck create the long-lasting diagrammatic map of right now, and at what price? To know it’s essential meet Harry, and his spouse Nora.
The play will allow you to take a glimpse inside a journey of ardour, a spouse’s dedication and the residing respiratory community of the tunnels and prepare tracks in our capital. Embrace your internal transport fanatic by a mash up of real-life accounts, uncovered anecdotes and seemingly unconnected information (…with a peppering of fictitious characters).Be part of The Pure Theatre Firm as they take you on a whimsical whirlwind of reality by the worlds of design, transport, fashionable historical past…and an dependancy to getting it proper.
The Reality About Harry Beck might be carried out within the London Transport Museum’s Cubic Theatre, the place you may sit on moquette-covered seats whereas watching the play. It runs from 14th September to tenth November, and tickets are on sale right here.
The age guideline for enjoyment of the present is 11+, however they may welcome individuals aged 5+ into the theatre.
The Reality About Harry Beck is written and directed by Andy Burden. Full casting and artistic crew might be introduced shortly.
Author and director Andy Burden stated, “About 16 years in the past, I had the thought to place the story of the long-lasting Tube diagram on stage. I met with Ken Garland, a designer whose e-book “Mr Beck’s Underground Map” helped convey Harry Beck’s story to public consideration. He leant me copies of Beck’s letters and gave me a small perception into the person.”
“The primary quick run of the play appeared in September 2021 on the Theatre Royal Tub Ustinov Studio. Sadly, Ken Garland had handed away simply months earlier than, so by no means acquired to see the play.”
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