A life-sized replica of an original Metro train is said to be "wowing" audiences at Newcastle's Live Theatre.
The mocked-up version of the Metro prototype, carriage 4001, in its 1980s yellow colour scheme and designed by Bedlington-based company The Set Guise, is the centrepiece for Gerry and Sewell. The play tells the story of two Gateshead lads who are desperate to see their team, Newcastle United, play at home.
Nexus, which owns and manages Metro, said that the brand's prominence in the play underscored its social and cultural importance to the region. The Metro train, along with its famous logo and station cube, make up the set for Gerry and Sewell, a production which has won rave reviews.
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First told in Jonathan Tulloch's book, The Season Ticket, then in the 2000's film Purely Belter, the tale of two lads from the wrong side of the Metro tracks who will do whatever it takes to bag a pair of tickets into St James' Park has written itself into the cultural almanac of the North East.
Huw Lewis, customer services director at Nexus, said: "It’s fantastic to see the iconic yellow Metro train providing the backdrop at Live Theatre Newcastle for this latest stage production. Metro is such a famous and well-known local brand, which is part of every day life in North East England.
"The life-sized Metro carriage looks great the stage. The set designers, and the team that built it, have done an outstanding job. We were thrilled when we saw that our train had been brought to life in the play, along with our familiar logo and iconic Metro station cube. It seems to be going down really well with the audiences just as much as the play itself."
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