The Voteby James Graham, Donmar Warehouse, 2015

Scope and Content

Folder contains the following:

  • Programme, undated.
  • Special Members Edition programme for Election Night production, dated 7th May 2015.
  • Polling Card for Josie Rourke, undated.
  • Evening Standard magazine containing photo of Josie Rourke and Mark Gatiss, dated 17th April 2015.
  • Adaptation of Ed Miliband's speech from the Labour Party Conference in Manchester, undated.

This production ran from 24th April until the 7th May 2015.

Administrative / Biographical History

Josie Rourke and James Graham created The Vote to coincide with the 2015 general election in the UK. This production premiered at the Donmar Warehouse on 24th April and ran until the general election night on the 7th May. The play was set in a fictitious polling station in London during the final 90 minutes of election night. A live broadcasting was shown on the night of the election. Josie Rourke directed this production which was written by James Graham and starred Judi Dench, Mark Gatiss, Jude Law, Nina Sosayna, and Catherine Tate among others.