Third Class

A Titanic Story

Edward Dorking was ‘different’.
Openly different.

Using music, movement, projection, and historical facts, Third Class tells the story of an unknown hero from a well-known story.

‘Third Class’ revives the true story of a young English man, Edward Dorking, who was packed off on the Titanic, destined to be corrected by his American relatives. Edward Dorking was gay. Openly gay, and on Wednesday, April 10th, 1912, he set sail for NYC.

He survived the sinking.
This is his story.

Third Class charts Edward’s journey from boarding the Titanic to swimming for 30 minutes towards an already full collapsible lifeboat and how he, upon arriving in New York, would tour the Vaudeville circuit, recreating the stories for a fact-hungry public.

But Edward didn’t want fame; he wanted revenge. When everyone was talking about the deaths of millionaires and society figures, few were discussing the people who took the lion’s share of the losses that night: the third class.

Edward was coming for the upper classes.

Reviews for Lucas’s other work:
★★★★★ The Stage | ★★★★ New York Stage Review
★★★★ The Telegraph | ★★★★ The Times

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Supported by North East Arts Touring