Welcome to Thebes

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T01212688566 (RNT10)

Running time: 2hrs 45mins inc. intervalProducer National Theatre. Director Richard Eyre. Design Tim Hatley. Lighting Neil Austin. Music Stephen Warbeck. Choreographer Scarlett Mackmin. Sound Rich Walsh. Performer Nikki Amuka-Bird (Eurydice). Performer Madeline Appiah (Megeara). Performer Rakie Ayola (Pargeia). Performer Omar Brown (Junior Lieutenant Scud). Performer Jessie Burton (Ensemble). Performer Jacqueline Defferary (Talthybia). Performer Daniel Fine (Ensemble). Performer Karlina Grace (Ensemble). Performer Rene Gray (Junior Lieutenant Scud). Performer David Harewood (Theseus). Performer Tracy Ifeachor (Ismene). Performer Irma Inniss (Ensemble). Performer Chuk Iwuji (Prince Tydeus). Performer Alexia Khadime (Girl). Performer Ferdinand Kingsley (Phaeax). Performer Alcha Kossoko (Aglaea). Performer Simon Manyonda (Haemon). Performer Bruce Myers (Tiresias). Performer Pamela Nomvete (Euphrosyne). Performer Clare Perkins (Ensemble). Performer Victor Power (Ensemble). Performer Daniel Poyser (Polykleitos). Performer Joy Richardson (Thalia). Performer Vinette Robinson (Antigone). Performer Zara Tempest Waiters (Ensemble). Performer Michael Wildman (Sergeant Miletus).

15 Jun 10 to 12 Sep 10

Olivier (National Theatre), West End :: V373
listing details L1778500284

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Play :: Set in the present day, but inspired by ancient myth, the play offers a "passionate exploration of an encounter between the world’s richest and poorest countries, set in the aftermath of a brutal war". Faced with an impoverished population, a shattered infrastructure and a volatile army, the first democratic president of Thebes, Eurydice, promises peace to her nation. Without the aid of Theseus, the leader of the vastly wealthy state of Athens, she doesn’t stand a chance. But Theseus is arrogant, mercurial and motivated by profit.

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