'Hands Up For Johnny Wilkinson's Right Boot' - Saturday 28th May

Saturday 28th May 2016 at 7.30pm

Following their recent sell out national tour of the critically acclaimed Hands Up for Jonny Wilkinson’s Right Boot the award winning Live Wire Theatre Company bring their hit show to Manchester Rugby Club with the support of the Rugby Football Union and the Arts Council England.

Hands Up for Jonny Wilkinson’s Right Boot - billed as “a riotous rugby romp” - begins when three fans meet in a Twickenham pub two hours before the kick off of a crucial England match. In the midst of an argument about the greatest moment in the game’s history, a stranger tells them the story of Frederick Stanley Jackson, a Cornish tin miner who had been on the first ever British Lions tour to New Zealand in 1908.

Travelling back and forth from the present day to the early 1900s, Hands Up for Jonny Wilkinson’s Right Boot is a fast paced comedy in which the five actors bring some of rugby’s greatest moments to life through a powerful combination of dramatic scenes, song and physical theatre which includes the reenactment of the All Blacks’ legendary Haka.

“Hands Up for Jonny Wilkinson's Right Boot brings to life one of those unforgettable moments when everyone can remember exactly where they were and what they were doing” Bath Chronicle

“Hands Up for Jonny Wilkinson’s Right Boot is theatre of the highest quality. It is entertaining, thought provoking and far transcends the rugby field” British Theatre Guide

“For an endearing evening of rugby related entertainment, Live Wire Theatre’s Hands Up For Jonny Wilkinson’s Right Boot is hard to beat” Review Hub

“A deft and historically informed piece of new writing by Dougie Blaxland which offers a fascinating sporting tale for all the family” The Stage

Tickets – No Charge
Box Office: Contact; Suzanne Morton
suzannemaj@btinternet.com to reserve your place