Jerusalem

By Jez Butterworth

A comic, contemporary vision of life in England’s green and pleasant land.

Best Play, 2009 Evening Standard Awards
Best New Play, Critics Circle Awards

On St George's Day, the morning of the local country fair, Johnny 'Rooster' Byron, local waster and Lord of Misrule, is a wanted man. The council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his son wants to be taken to the fair, a vengeful father wants to give him a serious kicking, and a motley crew of mates wants his ample supply of drugs and alcohol.

'Unarguably one of the best dramas of the twenty-first century' Guardian

'tender, touching, and blessed with both a ribald humour and a haunting sense of the mystery of things... one of the must-see events of the summer' Telegraph

'Jez Butterworth's gorgeous, expansive new play keeps coming at its audience in unpredictable gusts, rolling from comic to furious, from winsome to bawdy' Observer

'storming... restores one's faith in the power of theatre' Independent

'Show of the year' Time Out

SEE THE PLAY... at the Apollo Theatre, West End, 28 January - 24 April 2010