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About this event
A-Level results day. Cutler’s Grammar School. 1980s Sheffield.
Eight unruly teenagers burst into adulthood with the best grades their school has ever seen, but their sights are set on something higher: to study at the most famous academic institutions in the world – Oxford and Cambridge. But their teachers can’t agree how best to tutor them. There’s Hector, the maverick English teacher who believes in culture for its own sake; Irwin – the shrewd supply teacher full of soundbites; Felix – the headmaster obsessed with league tables and Mrs Lintott – the History teacher who thinks her colleagues are all fools.
The History Boys follows this bright bunch of boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university, lifting the lid on staffroom rivalries and the anarchy of adolescence.
This timely revival, directed by Seán Linnen, asks what is the purpose of education? And who is it for?
“Intelligent, witty and hilarious. Passes with flying colours” The Times
“Immensely funny … in short, a superb, life-enhancing play” The Guardian
“History? It’s just one f***ing thing after another…”
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Comedy, Theatre
Sat 14th Jun, 2025
Launceston Town Hall, Launceston
£18 — £18
Theatre
Sat 14th Jun, 2025
Coronation Park, Helston
£10 — £10
Comedy, Theatre
Wed 18th Jun, 2025
Penlee Park Theatre, Penzance
£10 — £45
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Live Music
Thu 19th Jun, 2025
Hall for Cornwall, Truro
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Family
Sat 21st Jun, 2025 — Sun 22nd Jun, 2025
Hall for Cornwall, Truro
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Theatre
Mon 23rd Jun, 2025 — Sat 28th Jun, 2025
Hall for Cornwall, Truro
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