A play about the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nanse. This epic sweep of a play takes us from a contemporary Westminster Abbey to the Arctic ship Fram or Forward specially built by the famous Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen who, with his suicidal companion, Johansen, makes a bid on foot for the North Pole in the 1890s. Though incompatible, they share a bear fur sleeping-bag through the long winter. Nansen, still haunted by Johansen's ghost, is appointed to the League of Nations. As a figurehead of Russian famine relief in 1922, he conducts the first celebrity campaign, searching for means, however shocking, to make people care.T1339548211Media Partner for Travelex £10 Tickets - The Independent. Television Media Partner of Travelex £10 Tickets - skyARTS Channel 267.Corporate Sponsor Travelex. Producer National Theatre. Director Tony Harrison. Director Bob Crowley. Design Bob Crowley. Lighting Mark Henderson. Costume Fotini Dimou. Choreographer Wayne McGregor. Music Richard Blackford. Design Jon Driscoll (video). Performer Mark Addy (Johansen). Performer Jasper Britton (Nansen). Performer Ronald Chabvvuka. Performer Sian Thomas (Sybil Thorndike). Performer Mary Addy (Hjalmar Johansen). Performer Viviana Durante. Performer Jeff Rawle (Gilbert Murray). Performer Jim Creighton. Performer Joel Davis. Performer Patrick Drury. Performer Viviana Durante. Performer Steven Helliwell. Performer Aykut Hilmi. Performer Clare Lawrence. Performer Anna Lowe. Performer Carolyn Pickles. Performer Joseph Thompson. Performer Jeff Rawle (Gilbert Murray). Performer Verelle Roberts. Performer Sian Thomas (Sybil Thorndike). Performer Keanu Taylor. | |
| 10 Apr 08 to 22 May 08 | Olivier (National Theatre), West End :: V373 listing details L989745597 |
