Details

Six characters appear on a stage that is being used for the rehearsal of a Pirandello play. They ask the Stage Manager for help. Created and then discarded by an author, they seek another author to cast them in a play and let them play out their roles. A group of actors steps forward to portray the lives that the six characters have just described, but when they do so the characters object to their re-enactment, claiming that it distorts the truth. When one of the characters commits suicide, the rest of the characters mourn his death while the actors insist nervously that it is only make believe. Which is it? And how will the situation be resolved? A new version by Rupert Goold and Ben Power. 2 hours 20 minutes

Cast/Performers

Catherine McCormack, Jack Shepherd

Creatives/Company

Author: Luigi Pirandello
Producer: Headlong Theatre
Director: Rupert Goold
Design(s): Mariam Beuther, Lorna Heavey (video and projection design)
Lighting: Malcolm Rippeth
Music: Adam Cork
Sound: Adam Cork