A riotous journey through four waves of immigration from the 17th century to today. As the French Huguenots, the Irish, the Jews and the Bangladeshis in turn enter the chaotic world of Bethnal Green, each new influx provokes a surge of violent protest over housing, jobs, religion and culture. And the emerging pattern shows that white flight and anxiety over integration is anything but new. Fucking Frogs! My grandfather didn't die in the English Civil War so's half the population of France could come over here and live off the soup! Written with scurrilous bravura, Richard Bean's great sweep of a comedy follows a pair of star-crossed lovers amid cutters' mobs, Papists, Jewish anarchists and radical Islamists across four tempestuous centuries. Irish and Jewish, that's the worst mix. You end up with a family of pissed up burglars run by a clever accountant.T147523841Running Time 2 hours 45 mins (inclu interval)Producer National Theatre. Director Nicholas Hytner. Design Mark Thompson. Director Pete Bishop (animation). Lighting Neil Austin. Music Grant Oldring. Sound John Leonard. Performer Philip Arditti. Performer Jamie Beamish. Performer Paul Chequer. Performer Olivia Colman. Performer Rudi Dharmalingam. Performer Sacha Dhawan. Performer Hasina Haque. Performer Tony Jayawardena. Performer Trevor Laird. Performer Elliot Levey. Performer Siobhan McSweeney. Performer Neet Mohan. Performer Aaron Neil. Performer Sophia Nomvete. Performer Daniel Poyser. Performer Claire Prempeh. Performer Fred Ridgeway. Performer Avin Shah. Performer Sophe Stanton. Performer Michaell Terry. Performer David Verrey. Performer Harvey Virdi. | |
| 4 Feb 09 to 9 Aug 09 | Olivier (National Theatre), West End :: V373 listing details L02107914405 |
