After a successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last summer and as part of a UK tour, Chickenshed's critically-acclaimed production Crime of the Century returns to The Rayne Theatre from Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 June 2010.

Portraying the build up to one fatal moment, Crime of the Century uses words, movement and projection alongside a contemporary score of hip hop and dance music to pack a frightening punch.

Based on interviews with victims, perpetrators, families, police officers and ex-offenders, Crime of the Century is a must see production for our times.

“It would be senseless for this production not to tour every senior school in Britain. The poignancy and power of Chickenshed’s piece earns it the right to be noticed and commended; not only by theatre critics but by politicians.”
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2010 UK Tour

Friday 7 May at 7.30pm
Courtyard, Hereford
Box Office: 01432 340 555
www.courtyard.org.uk  

Thursday 13 May at 7.30pm
Oxford Playhouse
Box Office: 01865 305305
www.oxfordplayhouse.com

Thursday 20 May at 7.30pm
The Met, Bury
Box Office: 0161 761 2216
www.themet.biz  

Thursday 27 May at 7.30pm and 28 May at 1pm
The Hat Factory, Luton
Box Office: 01582 878100
www.thehatfactory.org  

Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 June at 8pm
Chickenshed
Box Office: 020 8292 9222
www.chickenshed.org.uk  (Read more here)

Saturday 5 June at 5pm
St John’s Church, Hackney
Box Office: 020 8292 9222  (Read more here)

Thursday 10 June at 7.30pm and Friday 11 June at 1pm and 7.30pm
The Drum, Birmingham
Box Office: 0121 333 2444
www.the-drum.org.uk   

Wednesday 16 June at 7.30pm
Croydon Clocktower
Box Office: 020 8253 1030
www.croydonclocktower.org.uk 

Thursday 17 June at 7.30pm
The Hawth, Crawley
Box Office: 01293 553636
www.thehawth.co.uk  

Tuesday 22 June at 7.30pm and Wednesday 23 June at 1pm
The Brindley, Runcorn
Box Office: 0151 907 8360
www.thebrindley.org.uk  

“…if the twenty first century will be remembered as the time we let our children kill each other, Chickenshed will be remembered as the theatre company who had the guts to ask how and why.”
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