The Greatest Play in the History of the World to embark on debut UK tour in 2021

Photo credit: Jonathan Keenan

Julie Hesmondhalgh’s one-woman show The Greatest Play in the History of the World will embark on its debut UK tour early next year.

Kicking off on 29 January at Hull Truck Theatre, the show will then go on to visit Chester, York, Liverpool and Nottingham, ending at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake on 20 March.

Written by Hesmondhalgh’s husband Ian Kershaw and directed by Raz Shaw, The Greatest Play in the History of the World debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2018, where it picked up The Stage Edinburgh Award, before transferring to London last year.

Hesmondhalgh said: “I had a notion, a romantic notion that my husband, the writer Ian Kershaw, should write a one woman show for me and we could tour it together into our dotage, like travelling troubadours.”

Please visit the individual touring venue’s websites to book tickets.