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UK LGBT EVENTS - The Truth About Harry Beck @ The Cubic Theatre at London Transport Museum, London (until 05 Jan 2025)
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The Truth About Harry Beck @ The Cubic Theatre at London Transport Museum, London (until 05 Jan 2025)

A new play based on the man behind the iconic Tube map! Find out more about the creative mind behind the map and how it came to life. For many of us, the London Underground is purely functional. But to Harry Beck, this web of geography became an obsession a fascination with the creation of the perfect Tube map. Don't miss this "funny and poignant" play with an exclusive 5 off top band tickets with promo code 5OFF How did Beck create the iconic diagrammatic diagram of today, and at what cost? To understand you need to meet Harry, and his wife Nora. Take a glimpse inside a journey of passion, a wifes dedication and the living breathing network of the tunnels and train tracks in our capital. Embrace your inner transport enthusiast through a mash up of real-life accounts, uncovered anecdotes and seemingly unconnected facts (with a peppering of fictitious characters). Join The Natural Theatre Company as they take you on a whimsical whirlwind of fact through the worlds of design, transport, modern history and an addiction to getting it right in this brand-new production coming to London Transport Museums on-site Cubic Theatre. Theatre ticket Museum offer: All The Truth About Harry Beck theatre tickets include a half-price day pass to London Transport Museum valid for one month from your theatre ticket date (please note it will not be valid before the date of the performance on your ticket). The half-price discount is only valid on full-price Museum entry tickets and cannot be used in conjunction with any other discounts or concessionary rates. No need to pre-book, just come to the Museum in person during our opening hours with proof of your Cubic Theatre ticket. London Transport Museum, in association with Dan Colman Creative Ltd present the Natural Theatre Companys production of: The Truth About Harry Beck Written by Andy Burden

Tickets : £ Various Tickets

Address : Cubic Theatre at London Transport Museum
Covent Garden Piazza
London
WC2E 7BB

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