Wilko: Love and Death and Rock'n'Roll
Wilko
Summary
“A stonking star turn… Johnson Willis is wonderful” The Guardian
Event Details
Address:Southwark Playhouse Borough
77-85 Newington Causeway
London
Post code:SE1 6BD
Website:southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
Tickets:£28 Standard / £22.50 Concessions / Preview £16 / Pioneers' Preview (20 Mar) £10
Book tickets:southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/wilko
Telephone:020 7407 0234
Email: boxoffice@southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
Open hours:Monday 5.30pm to 11pm
Tuesday 1.30pm to 11pm
Wednesday 5.30pm to 11pm
Thursday 5.30pm to 11pm
Friday 5.30pm to 11pm
Saturday 1.30pm to 11pm
Sundays 5pm to 11pm if we have a show on.
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Description
In 2012, Wilko Johnson, the iconic rock star and founder of legendary Essex band Dr Feelgood, was told he had inoperable cancer and a year to live. Refusing all treatment, he decided to spend his last months living meaningfully: seeing the people, places and things which meant most to him during his remarkable life.Then, a miracle happened…
A mixture of words, rock ‘n roll, and quotes from the man himself, Wilko: Love and Death and Rock ‘n Roll tells the amazing, uplifting true story of Wilko, the Canvey Island legend. A play with live music, transfers to Southwark Playhouse Borough following critical and audience acclaim in its initial run at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch in 2023.
“A stonking star turn… Johnson Willis is wonderful” The Guardian
“Fond and funny” Daily Mail
“Brilliant” The Spectator
Jonathan Maitland is a playwright and former journalist having worked for the BBC across Radio 4, BBC News and presenting and producing shows for BBC 1. Maitland’s debut stage play Dead Sheep (2015) produced at Park Theatre became the most successful production in the theatre’s history. This record was broken by his second play also staged at Park Theatre An Audience With Jimmy Saville (2015), which went on to transfer to Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Further works at Park Theatre include Deny Deny Deny (2016) and the box office record breaking The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson (2019) which went on to complete an eight-week national tour in 2020. Most recently, Maitland presented the premiere of his new play The Interview at Park Theatre and his BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Wasps in a Jam Jar in 2023.
Transport
By Tube:Closest tube station - Elephant and Castle (take the Southbank University exit)
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Accessibility
Access for wheelchair users
Adapted toilet
Assistance dogs welcome
Hearing system
Level access toilet
Positive about disabled people
