Through The Wire
by Catherine Johnson, with music by John O’Hara
Director: Heather Williams
Choreographer: Michelle Gaskell
Designer: Katie Sykes
“I am so proud to be Myrtle Theatre Company’s patron - theatre should be for everyone, not just the privileged few and I totally support the work Myrtle Theatre Company does in taking theatre to the wider community.”
- Catherine Johnson
Through The Wire is set in a Young Offender’s Institute, where various levels of criminal and anti-social behaviour have seen the characters wind up there. Their only contact with family and friends is the weekly visit, and the action of the play takes the audience through a visiting hour no one will forget.
Originally commissioned by the National Theatre, Through The Wire was written by Catherine Johnson, who added characters and lengthened the play for Myrtle Theatre Company’s production.
This version of the play was premiered at Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol
Photographer: Graham Burke