Is it really only a game?Īrsenal Football Club have committed to maintaining existing links with the theatre, and will bring some of the community groups it works with – who might not otherwise have access to arts and culture – into The Hope Theatre to see Fever Pitch. From exhilarating, all-encompassing moments of joy and pleasure to totally debilitating and soul-destroying lows, Nick’s obsession infects every aspect of his life. A treatise on what it means to be a fanatic and what that means for everyone in our lives who isn’t. Fever Pitch charts over two decades of one man’s total and utter obsession with Arsenal Football Club. And it can get pretty tricky if that obsessive love is directed towards eleven men wearing the same shirt and running around like idiots for ninety minutes every Saturday…”Īn exhilarating, moving and brutally funny love letter that will appeal to football obsessives and football haters alike. “When you’re in love nothing else matters. The show will be produced by Leila Sykes with set & costume designer Sorcha Corcoran, lighting designer Martha Godfrey and stage manager Summer Keeling. Tickets are on sale now here.ĭirected by Kennedy Bloomer, the outgoing Artistic Director whose tenure started just as the pandemic hit, Fever Pitch will be her first and last in-house production.įever Pitch will star Ashley Gerlach as ‘Pete/Ensemble’, Gabrielle MacPherson as ‘Sarah/Ensemble’, Jack Trueman as ‘Nick’ and Louise Hoare as ‘Louise/Ensemble’. Dimensions: 7.90in - 5.10in - 0.90in - 0.Adapted by Joel Samuels, the piece will run at the Islington venue from 31 August to 25 September.But above all, it is one for everyone who knows what it really means to have a losing season Book Details Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, Hornby's award-winning memoir captures the fever pitch of fandom-its agony and ecstasy, its community, its defining role in thousands of young men's coming-of-age stories. Fever Pitch is his tribute to a lifelong obsession. Nick Hornby has been a football fan since the moment he was conceived. And that's before the players even take the field. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. 'Whether you are interested in football or not, this is tears-running-down-your-face funny, read-bits-out-loud-to-complete-strangers funny, but also highly perceptive and honest about Hornby's obsession and the state of the game.' - GQ A brilliant memoir from the beloved, bestselling author of Dickens and Prince, Funny Girl, and High Fidelity.

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