For the first time since it was written, 40 years ago, Alan Bleasdale’s play Down The Dock Road comes to Royal Court Liverpool starring Les Dennis and Andrew Schofield.
The show was a sell-out when it opened in 1976.
The Court last produced a Bleasdale play in 2008, with On The Ledge.
It’s Grandad’s last day as a docker after 40 years’ hard labour. It’s the lads that he’ll miss the most: Mickey the comedian, Dobbo, the Errol Flynn of Lee Park and Wonderboy, who is a few crates short of a pallet. Then there is Mad McKenna, tough as nails and the undoubted leader of the pack.
Les Dennis, making his debut as a co-producer alongside the Royal Court, saw Down the Dock Road when it was first performed 40 years ago, “and the humour and it’s message has stayed with me ever since.”
It runs from March 11 to April 9.