The Cutting of the Cloth

It's set in the work-room of a Savile Row tailors in 1953 where two master craftsmen are at daggers drawn ...

Polish-born Spijak insists that nothing can beat the excellence of a hand-sewn suit

While Eric uses his machine to work at twice the speed and earn twice the money

Sparks fly as each fights his own corner with biting wit and vicious humour

Into this battleground steps Maurice, a teenager at the very start of his apprenticeship

Will he survive the gruelling training to become a master tailor?

Or will he - as Spijak's daughter urges him to - escape?

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" ... a real drama of feeling ... a deep sense of real life being lived is evident and all of the characters are deftly drawn ... Yes, this feels like Zen and the art of tailoring - real craft, real quality, no rubbish'" ~ The Arts Desk

"The real heart of the play lies in its layered exploration of change and craftsmanship ... Elegant, detailed premiere" ~ The Stage

"Set in a Savile Row tailor's workshop, it's a vivid portrait of a workplace. But what is striking about the play is that though the specifics of the 1950s world it describes may be gone, its central arguments about progress are as keen as ever" ~ Financial Times

"This is a finely constructed tribute to the dignity of work... suffused with emotional truth" ~ Evening Standard