The Low Road by Bruce Norris to extend

Bruce Norris’ new play The Low Road at the Royal Court has been extended for an extra two weeks until Saturday 11 May in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs.

The Low Road will be the final production Dominic Cooke will direct at the Royal Court before he steps down as Artistic Director in April 2013. Bruce Norris’s The Pain and the Itch was the first play directed by Dominic in his inaugural season and they also collaborated on Clybourne Park, which opened in September 2010 at the Royal Court to critical acclaim before transferring to the West End.

“Tis one thing to admit the inescapable cruelty of nature, friend, but quite a different one to encourage it.”

A young entrepreneur sets out on a quest for wealth with priceless ambition and a purse of gold.

A fable of free market economics and cut-throat capitalism

Bruce Norris’ previous credits include Clybourne Park, for which he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and received the Tony Award for Best Play. His other credits include The Pain and the Itch, The Infidel, Purple Heart and The Unmentionables. The Low Road is Bruce’s first commission at the Royal Court.

Dominic Cooke directs. His recent credits at the Court include In the Republic of the Happiness, Ding Dong The Wicked, Choir Boy, In Basildon, Chicken Soup with Barley, for which he was nominated for an Evening Standard Award, and the multi award-winning production of Clybourne Park for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award. Credits elsewhere include The Comedy of Errors at the National Theatre, as well as adapting and directing Arabian Nights and Noughts and Crosses at the RSC.