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T02106744991
When a golden wedding anniversary reunites the Randolph family on the eve of WWII, Dora and Charles must reckon with the adults their children have become. Their children, meanwhile, are haunted by the memory of the family they once were. As the weekend's celebrations unfold, the family walks a tightrope between intimacy and estrangement, camaraderie and rivalry, love and hate.

Author

Dodie Smith

Archive :: production:T02106744991, play:S2969, venue:V374

Special Performances

27 Feb 24 Relaxed
2 Mar 24 Audio Described
6 Mar 24 Captioned
16 Mar 24 Sign Interpreted
22 Mar 24 Audio Described
27 Mar 24 Captioned

Performance

Venue	Lyttelton (National Theatre)
	Other spaces: Lyttelton Loft
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	7th February 2024
Opened	14th February 2024
To	27th March 2024
What is currently on at Lyttelton (National Theatre) (V374)

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Producer	National Theatre
Director	Emily Burns
Design	Frankie Bradshaw
Costume	Frankie Bradshaw
Lighting	Oliver Fenwick
Sound	Tingying Dong
Music	Nico Muhly
Director	Bryony Jarvis-Taylor (casting)
Other	Shereen Ibrahim (company voice work)
Other	Liz Flint (company voice work)
Performer	Lindsay Duncan (Dora)
Performer	Malcolm Sinclair (Charles)
Performer	Amaia Naima Aguinaga
Performer	Alice Bounsall
Performer	Bessie Carter
Performer	Pandora Colin
Performer	Miriam Cooper
Performer	Bethan Cullinane
Performer	Lindsay Duncan
Performer	Kate Fahy
Performer	Tom Glenister
Performer	Jo Herbert
Performer	Billy Howle
Performer	Ethan Hughes
Performer	Deven Modha
Performer	Syakira Moeladi
Performer	Amy Morgan
Performer	Celia Nelson
Performer	Dharmesh Patel
Performer	Malcolm Sinclair
Performer	Natalie Thomas
Performer	John Vernon
Performer	Kalyani D'Ambra (some dates)
Performer	Ariella Elkins-Green (some dates)
Performer	Serena Guo (some dates)
Performer	Isla Ithier (some dates)
Performer	Molly Jin (some dates)
Performer	Felix Tandon (some dates)
Performer	Ashwin Sakthivel (some dates)
Performer	Tarun Sivakanesh (some dates)
Performer	Asha Sthanakiya (some dates)

CORONAVIRUS: All venues in the UK were shut down on March 16, 2020, and the restrictions were finally lifted on July 19, 2021. It is important to mention that the UK Theatre Web archive listings (iUKTDb) from March 2020 to July 2021 might not be accurate due to the lack of information regarding rescheduled and cancelled shows.