Details

An epic play set in Japan and North Korea. On a dark and stormy night two sisters, Hanako and Reiko, are swept away by a gigantic wave. Reiko survives while Hanako is, seemingly, lost to the sea. Their mother, however, can't shake the feeling her daughter is still alive. Dorfman Theatre. The Great Wave won the Catherine Johnson Award (2016), and renews Turnly's collaboration with the Tricycle Theatre - in 2014 he was awarded the Channel 4 Playwright in Residence, joining the Tricycle Theatre for a residency throughout 2015.

Cast/Performers

Kae Alexander, Rosalind Chao, Tuyen Do, Vincent Lai, Kwong Loke, Frances Mayli McCann, Kirsty Rider, Leo Wan, David Yip

Creatives/Company

Author: Francis Turnly
Producer(s): Tricycle Theatre, National Theatre
Director(s): Indhy Rubasingham, Polly Bennett (movement direction)
Design(s): Tom Piper, Luke Halls (video)
Lighting: Oliver Fenwick
Music: David Shrubsole
Sound: Alex Caplen