Details

Moscow, 1938. A dangerous to place to have a sense of humour; even more so a sense of freedom. Mikhail Bulgakov, living among dissidents, stalked by secret police, has both. And then he s offered a poisoned chalice: a commission to write a play about Stalin to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. Running time 2hrs 30mins

Cast/Performers

Alex Jennings (Bulgakov), Simon Russell Beale (Stalin), Sarah Annis, Marcus Cunningham, Jacqueline Defferary, Patrick Godfrey, Michael Jenn, Jess Murphy, William Postlethwaite, Pierce Reid, Nick Sampson, Maggie Service, Perri Snowdon, Clair Cordier, John Cormack, Jack Hardwick, Lloyd Hutchinson, Tristram Wymark

Creatives/Company

Author: John Hodge
Producer: National Theatre
Director(s): Nicholas Hytner, Jack Murphy (movement), Terry King (fight)
Design: Bob Crowley
Lighting: Jon Clark
Sound(s): Paul Arditti, Paul Arditti
Music: George Fenton