'Sweat' by Lynn Nottage
It is the year 2000 in the Rust Belt town of Reading, Pennsylvania. With pressure mounting on the local steel industry, a diverse group of fellow workers finds close friendships and family ties torn apart as lay-offs threaten and picket lines form.
Winner of the Evening Standard award for Play of the Year in 2019, Sweat also earned a second Pulitzer Prize for its African-American author, Lynn Nottage, in 2017. It will have a special resonance in the year that Donald Trump seeks re-election,
PERFORMANCES:
7:30pm Wednesday - 26 Feb 2020
7:30pm Thursday - 27 Feb 2020
7:30pm Friday - 28 Feb 2020
3:00pm Saturday - 29 Feb 2020
7:30pm Saturday - 29 Feb 2020
7:30pm Tuesday - 03 Mar 20
Tower Theatre Company, 16 Northwold Rd, Stoke Newington, London N16 7HR
Wed 26 Feb to Sat 7 Mar 2020