Details

Set over a period of 22 years, opening in a sunny garden in Cambridge in 1968, and ending with a Rolling Stones concert in a newly free Prague in 1990, Tom Stoppard's magnificent drama takes in all manner of themes including politics, poetry, and materialism. First produced at the Royal Court Theatre in 2006, Stoppard contrasts two seemingly very different worlds, that of a group of Czech freedom fighters trying to free themselves from the yoke of Soviet control, and a Marxist academic at Cambridge University trying to find a place in a changing world which they know they can no longer influence.

Cast/Performers

Graeme Hawley (Jan), Hilton McRae (Max), David Crellin (Milan / Waiter), Ken Bradshaw (Ferdinand), Annie Fitzmaurice (Candida), Christopher Wright (Czech interrogator / Nigel), Keila Crerar (Lenka), Emily Taafe (Esme / Alice), Ruth Westley (Gillian / Magda), Nicholas Osmond (Piper / Policeman / Stephen), Cate Hamer (Helena / Older Esme)

Creatives/Company

Author: Tom Stoppard
Producer: Libary Theatre Manchester
Director: Chris Honer