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Live like Constantius, under Christ's terror and judgement, or rule a land of light! Emperor, or Galilean, that's your choice. Charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man, Julian, as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence, Ibsen's lost masterpiece sweeps across Greece and the Middle-East from AD 351 covering 12 crucial years in the history of civilisation. Oh Dionysus, pour your glory into the minds of men and fill their souls with rapture until rejoicing pours forth in dance and song! Life! Life! Made Emperor, Julian attempts to abolish Christianity and restore the old gods. But met with fierce resistance, this great free-thinker become s a tyrant more hated than his brutal predecessor Constantius. And in arousing the Christians from their apathy he advances their cause, his life and death altering the course of history in stark opposition to his intent. All I wanted was to return mankind to an age of joy. But maybe I'm living in the wrong time. Ibsen's magnificent farewell to epic drama tackles faith head on. A cast of 50 perform this exciting new version, creating a cathedral of sound and ritual. UK Premiere.

Cast/Performers

Andrew Scott (Emperor Julian the Apostate), Ian McDiarmid (Maximus), James McArdle, Jamie Ballard, John Heffernan), Genevieve O'Reilly, Prasanna, Simon Coombs, Chris Jared, Simon Merrells, Carole Nimmons, Lara Rossi

Creatives/Company

Author: Henrik Ibsen
Producer: National Theatre
Adapted by: Ben Power
Director(s): Jonathan Kent, Denni Sayers (movement)
Design(s): Paul Brown, Nina Dunn (video)
Lighting: Mark Henderson
Music: Jonathan Dove
Sound: Christopher Shutt