Details

Once it was possible to do good by being good. Now the only way to do good is by being clever. Nothing is more important to a modern political party than fund-raising. But the values of the donors can't always coincide with the professed beliefs of the party. And family scandal within the cabinet has the potential to throw both the money-raisers and the money-spenders into chaos. This richly imagined ensemble play about British public life looks at the way business, media and politics are now intertwined to nobody's advantage, as, in an unforgiving world, one character after another passes through Gethsemane.

Cast/Performers

Anthony Calf (Alec Beasley), Pip Carter (Frank Pegg), Tamsin Greig (Meredith Guest), Adam James (Geoff Beenzine), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Monique Toussaint), Jessica Raine (Suzette Guest), Daniel Ryan (Mike Drysdale), Stanley Townsend (Otto Fallon), Nicola Walker (Lori Drysdale)

Creatives/Company

Author: David Hare
Producer: National Theatre
Director: Howard Davies
Design(s): Bob Crowley, Jon Driscoll (projection), Gemma Carrington (projection)
Costume: Fotini Dimou
Lighting: Mark Henderson
Sound: Christopher Shutt
Music: Dominic Muldowney