The Pitmen Painters - Faber Edition

Unable to understand each other, they embarked on one of the most unusual experiments in British art as the pitmen learned to become painters

Within a few years the most avant-garde artists became their friends, their work was taken for prestigious collections and they were celebrated throughout the British art world

But every day they worked - as before - down the mine

The Pitmen Painters premiered at Live Theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in September 2007, before transferring to the National Theatre in 2008

Winner of the "2008 London Evening Standard Best Play Award"

This is the Faber & Faber edition, for the Acting Edition click here