thinktanktheatre and Methvens Bookshop, Worthing welcome Robert Cohen and Monkeydog Productions to The Methvens Studio.

Following the hugely successful launch in 2007 of Worthing’s newest theatre The Methvens Studio with their acclaimed performances of Ashes to Ashes by Harold Pinter, thinktanktheatre will now play host to Brighton-based Monkeydog Productions and their play The Death of Nelson.

Written and performed by Robert Cohen and directed by Emma Gustafsson, The Death of Nelson is not, as the title suggests, a biography of Britain's favourite monocular naval hero but instead a one-act one-man tragicomedy about people and politics; about friendship and betrayal; about love and regret; and about growing up and growing old (or not, as the case may be).

“Saul and I saw Robert perform his play in Brighton late last year and immediately thought it would be ideal for The Methvens Studio.” says Jane Huxley of thinktanktheatre, “It’s a marvellously intimate play, very funny but very intense as well and Robert’s performance is compelling.”

Set over 18 years between the high tide of Thatcherism and the hopeful dawn of the New Labour 'project', the play charts the often turbulent relationship between Richie, his godson Nelson, and Nelson's parents - student radicals who named their son for Nelson Mandela, but whose radicalism is eroded on the long journey to government. Meanwhile, as Nelson's parents are losing their idealism, the once apolitical Richie is busy acquiring - and trying to hold onto - some idealism of his own.

Charles Webb, author of The Graduate, described Robert’s performance as a ‘tour de force’ and Louise Hooper of the BBC’s The Culture Show described the play as ‘a heady mix of insight, humour, student brawls and '80s politics - a must see.’

Performances of The Death of Nelson are at The Methvens Studio, Methvens Bookshop, South Street, Worthing on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th April 2008 at 7.30pm.  Please be aware that the play does include some strong language.

Tickets are £6 and are available by calling the box office on 01903 267729, by sending an email to info@thinktanktheatre.co.uk or from Methvens Bookshop, South Street, Worthing.