Nicholas Hytner has said he aspires to bring creativity back to the classroom as he prepares to revive his award-winning production of Alan Bennett’s The History Boys in London’s West End in 2027, two decades after its original run.
The production will open at the Theatre Royal Haymarket will preview on April 10, 2027, running until July 24.
It will reunite Hytner with original designer Bob Crowley, with Bennett also involved in the development.
First staged at the National Theatre in 2004, the play follows eight boys preparing for university entrance exams, as two teachers take contrasting approaches to education, and explores whether learning should be pursued for academic achievement or for its own sake, alongside themes of intellectual curiosity, adolescence and sexuality.
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