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CCADS Presents: FROST NIXON One Journalist. One President. One ConfessionA Play by Peter MorganACTION STATIONS AUDITORIUM, PORTSMOUTH HISTORIC DOCKYARD The first play to be performed in the unique setting of the ACTION STATIONS Auditorium within Portsmouth's historic dockyard will be turned into the studio itself, placing you right at the heart of this brand-new production that provides an exciting blend of live performance and multi-media elements that is, quite simply, unmissable.When the President does it, that means that it is not illegalIn 1972, a break-in was foiled at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC. Within days a connection had been made with the White House and the President Nixons closest aides. It unleashed one of the greatest scandals in modern American politics and ended with Nixons humiliating resignation.David Frosts interviews with Richard Nixon drew the largest audience ever for a news interview. Could this British talk-show host, with no known political convictions, and a playboy reputation, be the one to elicit an apology from the man who committed one of the biggest felonies in American political history?Multi award-winning Portsmouth theatre company CCADS bring this compelling, fast-paced and witty play to the area for the very first time, following its huge success in London, on Broadway and as a heavily Oscar-nominated film that featured its original stage stars Michael Sheen and Frank Langella.