Performance

Venue	Olivier (National Theatre)
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	12th September 2005
Opened	21st September 2005
To	22nd October 2005
When	Sep 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, Oct 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 at 19:30. Sep 21 19:00. Sep 17, 22, 28, Oct 1, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22 Mats 14:00
Prices	From £10.00. To £25.00.
What is currently on at Olivier (National Theatre) (V373)

Playing with Fire

T017705363
When the District Council of Wyverdale fails to satisfy a government audit, New Labour high-flyer Alex is sent north from London to formulate a robust recovery plan. But websites, faith festivals and council leaflets in Bengali seem beside the point to the Labour old guard, struggling to provide the basics to an alienated and divided electorate. What begins as a metro-versus-retro comedy of misunderstanding soon becomes a chilling drama about multicultural Britain. Populist politicians play the race card, racial tensions grow and good intentions have fatal consequences.

Author

David Edgar

Archive :: production:T017705363, play:S0202309255, venue:V373

Production details

Part of the Travelex £10 season

Special Performances

14 Oct 05 Audio Described
15 Oct 05 Vocaleyes + TouchTour
15 Oct 05 Audio Described
22 Oct 05 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Producer	National Theatre
Producer	Mark Henderson
Director	Michael Attenborough
Lighting	Mark Henderson
Performer	Emma Fielding
Performer	Oliver Ford Davies
Performer	Paul Bhattacharjee
Performer	Susan Brown
Performer	Trevor Cooper
Performer	Rudi Dharmalingham
Performer	Aaron Neil
Performer	Bhasker Patel
Performer	Alistair Petrie
Performer	Helen Rutter
Performer	Rebekah Staton
Performer	Ewan Stewart
Performer	Caroline Strong
Performer	David Troughton
Performer	Deka Walmsley
Performer	Kate Best
Performer	Geoffrey Beevers
Performer	Nick Fletcher
Performer	Colin Haigh
Performer	Ranjit Krishnamma
Performer	Jonathan McGuinness
Performer	Tony Turner
Performer	Sameena Zehra

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