A play for actors and orchestra. I assure you there is not much in it. Taken as a whole, the sane are out there and the sick are in here. For example, YOU are here because you have delusions, that sane people are put in mental hospitals. A dissident is locked up in an asylum. If he accepts that he was ill, has been treated and is now cured, he will be released. He refuses. Your opinions are your symptoms. Your disease is dissent. Sharing his cell is a real lunatic who believes himself to be surrounded by an orchestra. As the dissident's son begs his father to free himself with a lie, Tom Stoppard's darkly funny and provocative play asks if denying the truth is a price worth paying for liberty.T0315021907Running Time: 65 minutes with no interval.Producer National Theatre. Producer Southbank Sinfonia. Music Andre Previn. Company Southbank Sinfonia. Director Felix Barrett. Director Tom Morris. Conductor Simon Over. Design Bob Crowley. Lighting Bruno Poet. Choreographer Maxine Doyle. Sound Christopher Shutt. Performer Sarah Dowling. Performer Conor Doyle. Performer Bronagh Gallagher. Performer Bryony Hannah. Performer Toby Jones. Performer jane Leaney. Performer Rob McNeill. Performer Joseph Millson. Performer Fernanda Prata. Performer Vinicius Salles. Performer Dan Stevens. | |
| 9 Jan 10 to 17 Feb 10 | Olivier (National Theatre), West End :: V373 listing details L0627698724 |
T713529489With music composed by André Previn and staged with the pioneering orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia. A co-production with Southbank Sinfonia - Britain’s young professional orchestra. Running time 65 minutes with no interval.Producer National Theatre. Producer Southbank Sinfonia. Music Andre Previn. Company Southbank Sinfonia. Director Felix Barrett. Director Tom Morris. Conductor Simon Over. Design Bob Crowley. Lighting Bruno Poet. Choreographer Maxine Doyle. Sound Christopher Shutt. Performer Sarah Dowling (ensemble). Performer Conor Doyle (ensemble). Performer Bronagh Gallagher (The Teacher). Performer Bryony Hannah (Sacha). Performer Jane Leaney (ensemble). Performer Rob McNeill (ensemble). Performer Vinicius Salles (ensemble). Performer Fernanda Prata (ensemble). Performer Dan Stevens (The Doctor). Performer Toby Jones (Ivanov). Performer Joseph Milson. | |
| 12 Jan 09 to 25 Feb 09 | Olivier (National Theatre), West End :: V373 listing details L382532415 |
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| 8 Jul 99 to 9 Jul 99 | Northbrook Theatre, Worthing :: V727 listing details L02077179680 |
