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The Flea @ The Yard Theatre

THE FLEA (ON THE FEATHER AND THE FEATHER ON THE WING AND THE WING ON THE BIRD AND THE BIRD IN THE NEST AND...) July 1889, London. Charlie Swinscow is arrested for theft. He had more cash on his person than a poor lad like him is expected to have. (But he didnt steal. He just let a lord have a go between his legs.) A retelling of the Cleveland Street Scandal that shook Englandfrom the streets of Bermondsey to the halls of Buckingham Palacefeaturing a flea, a horse, a detective, a queen, a pimp, a god, and Charlie, the telegraph boy who knelt before the Crown. From writer James Fritz ( Ross & Rachel, Parliament Square) and directed by The Yards Artistic Director Jay Miller ( The Crucible, This Beautiful Future).

Tickets : £ Various Tickets

Address : The Yard Theatre
Unit 2A, Queens Yard, Hackney Wick
London
E9 5EN

Telephone : 07756734172

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