Performance

Venue	Donmar Warehouse
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	8th October 2009
Opened	13th October 2009
To	28th November 2009
When	Mon-Sat 19:30. Thu, Sat Mats 14:30. Oct 13 19:00
Prices	From £13.00. To £29.00.
What is currently on at Donmar Warehouse (V389)

Life is a Dream

T0535378757
To protect the country from the horrors prophesied, Segismundo is condemned for all eternity. Banished to a secret world high in the mountains and cut off from the sun, he can only dream of a life reversed: of palaces, empires, freedom and revenge.

Author

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Archive :: production:T0535378757, play:S3979, venue:V389

Production details

Helen Edmundson's new version of Calderon's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical kingdom.

Special Performances

14 Nov 09 Audio Described
18 Nov 09 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
23 Nov 09 Sign Interpreted

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Company

Producer	Donmar
Adapted by	Helen Edmundson
Director	Jonathan Munby
Design	Angela Davies
Lighting	Neil Austin
Sound	Dominic Haslam
Performer	Dominic West (Segismundo)
Performer	Malcolm Storry (Basilio)
Performer	Rupert Evans (Astolfo)
Performer	Kate Fleetwood (Rosaura)
Performer	David Horovitch (Clotaldo)
Performer	Lloyd Hutchinson (Clarion)
Performer	Sharon Small (Estrella)
Performer	David Smith (Soldier 2 / Servant 2)
Performer	Dylan Turner (Soldier 1 / Servant 1)

CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020, restrictions were lifted on 19th July 2021. Please note that iUKTDb archive listings between March 2020 and July 2021 may not be accurate as we did not receive details of all rescheduled and cancelled shows.

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