The Pitmen Painters

Following sell-out seasons at the National Theatre and written by the creator of the worldwide sensation Billy Elliot, The Pitmen Painters has received huge critical acclaim ever since its first opened. In 1934, a group of Ashington miners hired a professor to teach an art appreciation evening class. Rapidly abandoning theory in favour of practice, the pitmen began to paint. Within a few years the most vant-garde artists became their friends and their work was acquired by prestigious collections; but every day they worked, as before, down the mine.