Billy Elliot writer’s new play swaps West End for church hall in County Durham
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6VQS6)
Adaptation of Brecht's Mother Courage will train people from the north-east to take on their first ever acting roles
His plays have been buzzy, hot-ticket openings in the West End and at the National Theatre. Films he has written have had glitzy debuts in Cannes and Venice.
But for the next world premiere of a Lee Hall show, head to the Methodist church in a former mining village in County Durham.
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