3 – 7 June 2014

Nuffield presents Northern Stage’s Catch-22 as part of its visiting company season.

Joseph Heller’s war time satire is directed by two-time Obie award-winning and Drama Desk nominated director Rachel Chavkin. The novel, published in 1961, has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. It is often cited as one of the greatest novels of all time, ranking 11th in the 2003 BBC survey The Big Read.

Set in the closing months of Second World War, a bombardier named Yossarian is trapped in the absurd world of an inescapable war. Frantic and furious as thousands of people he has never met try to kill him, Yossarian is stalked and thwarted by the merciless Catch-22 (from which, as many will know, the famous phrase originated).

Tickets are available from Nuffield’s Box Office: 023 8067 1771 / nuffieldtheatre.co.uk