Third Class – A Titanic Story
Russell Lucas
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Thu 10 Apr 2025 - 7:00 pm
Berwick Library Walkergate,
Berwick-upon-Tweed,
TD15 1DB
Book
Adult £10 | Child £8
Telephone 01670 626097
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Fri 11 Apr 2025 - 7:30 pm
Grasmere Village Hall Broadgate,
Grasmere,
Ambleside,
LA22 9TA
Book
Adult £12 | Child £9
Telephone 015394 35628
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Sat 12 Apr 2025 - 7:30 pm
Middleton & Todridge Village Hall Middleton,
Morpeth,
Northumberland,
NE61 4RA
Book
Adult £12
Telephone 07855 444719
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Sun 13 Apr 2025 - 7:30 pm
Wark Town Hall & Mechanics Institute Main Street,
Wark,
Hexham,
Northumberland,
NE48 3LG
Book
Adult £12 | Child £8
Telephone 01434 230180
UNSINKABLE?
UNTHINKABLE.
Edward Dorking was ‘different’. Openly different.
A one-man theatre show based on the life of Titanic survivor Edward Dorking. Edward was gay. Openly gay. On Wednesday, April 10th, 1912, he set sail for NYC on a ticket bought for him by his parents in the hope his American family could put him ‘right’.
Third Class charts Edward’s journey from boarding the Titanic to swimming for half an hour towards an already full collapsible lifeboat and how he, upon arriving in New York, would tour the Vaudeville circuit, recreating the stories for a fact-hungry public.
But Edward didn’t want fame; he wanted revenge. When everyone was talking about the deaths of millionaires and society figures, few were discussing the people who took the lion’s share of the losses that night: the third class. Edward was coming for the upper classes.
Using music, movement, projection, and historical facts, Third Class tells the story of an unknown hero from a well-known story.
Content warning: This show includes some strong language
Running time: 70 mins plus Q&A
Reviews for Lucas’s other work:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – NEW YORK STAGE REVIEW
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – THE TELEGRAPH
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – THE STAGE
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – THE TIMES
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – THE DAILY MAIL