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CHILDREN OF THE SUN
by Maxim Gorky, in a new version by Andrew Upton

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Genre Drama
Previews from 09 Apr 2013
Opens 16 Apr 2013
Booking to 14 Jul 2013
Closes 14 Jul 2013
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Performers Geoffrey Streatfeild (Protasov ), Lucy Black, Matthew Flynn, Paul Higgins, Gerald Kyd, Emma Lowndes, Maggie McCarthy, Justine Mitchell, Steven Blake, Florence Hall, Jonathan Harden, Lucas Hare, Matthew Hickey, Paul Hickey, Gemma Lawrence, Gerard Monaco, Anna O’Grady, Rhiannon Oliver, Stephen Wilson, Karren Winchester.
Director Howard Davies
Design Bunny Christie
Lighting Neil Austin
Choreography
Costume
Sound Paul Groothuis
Producer National Theatre
Synopsis Darkly comic play set in Russia as the country rolls towards revolution. It depicts the new middle-class, foolish yet likable, as they flounder about, philosophising and flirting, blind to their impending annihilation. Protasov wants only to immerse himself in chemical experiments to perfect mankind. He’s oblivious to the advances of the half-crazed widow and his best friend’s pursuit of his wife, let alone the cholera epidemic and the starving mob. His admiring circle, variously sceptical and lovesick, spar over culture and the cosmos. Only Liza feels the peasants’ suffering and senses their own privileged world is in jeopardy.
B/O Price £12- £34
Length 2hrs 20mins
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STRANGE INTERLUDE
by Eugene O’Neill

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Genre Drama
Previews from 28 May 2013
Opens 04 Jun 2013
Booking to 01 Sep 2013
Closes 01 Sep 2013
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Performers Anne-Marie Duff , Charles Edwards, Geraldine Alexander, Patrick Drury, Darren Pettie, Wilf Scolding, Jason Watkins
Director Simon Godwin
Design Soutra Gilmour
Lighting Guy Hoare
Choreography
Costume
Sound Christopher Shutt
Producer National Theatre
Synopsis Following a family from the aftermath of World War One until the late 1940s. Shattered when the love of her life is killed in the war and haunted by their unconsummated passion, Nina escapes her jealous Ivy League father and embarkson a series of tawdry sexual escapades until, cajoled by her appalled, long-suffering suitor Charles, she marries the amiable young Sam. But while pregnant, Nina learns a horrifying secret that precipitates a desperate, life-changing decision and propels her fatally into the arms of another.
B/O Price £12- £48
Length 3hrs 15mins
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LIOLA
by Luigi Pirandello, in a new version by Tanya Ronder

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Genre Drama
Previews from 31 Jul 2013
Opens 07 Aug 2013
Booking to 06 Nov 2013
Closes 06 Nov 2013
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Performers Rory Keenan (Liola), Lisa Dwyer Hogg, James Hayes, Carla Langley, Niamh McGowan, Roxanna Nic Liam, Jessica Regan, Anne Bird, Charlotte Bradley, Anthony Delaney, Jenny Fennessy, Rosaleen Linehan, Gertrude Montgomery, Aisling O’Sullivan, David Summer, Eileen Walsh.
Director Richard Eyre
Design Anthony Ward
Lighting Neil Austin
Choreography Scarlett Mackmin
Costume
Sound Rich Walsh
Producer National Theatre
Synopsis Takes us to the heart of a rural community where property and kinship provoke fierce passions.Liola, a young man untroubled by tradition, takes the part of nature all the way.
B/O Price £12- £34
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LIGHT PRINCESS, THE
Music and lyrics by Tori Amos and book and lyrics by Samuel Adamson

Genre Musical
Previews from 25 Sep 2013
Opens 09 Oct 2013
Booking to 02 Jan 2014
Closes
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Performers Rosalie Craig (Althea), Nick Hendrix (Digby), Clive Rowe, Hal Fowler, Amy Booth-Steel, Stephanie Bron, Vivien Carter, James Charlton, Owain Gwynn, Nicola Hart, C J Johnson, Luke Johnson, David Langham, Richard Lowe, Tommy Luther, Jamie Muscato, Emma Norin, Malinda Parris, Kane Oliver Parry, Adam Pearce, Caspar Phillipson, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Nuno Silva, Phoebe Street, Ben Thompson, Lynne Wilmot.
Director Marianne Elliott
Design Rae Smith
Lighting Paule Constable
Choreography Steven Hoggett
Costume
Sound Simon Baker
Producer National Theatre
Synopsis A dark fairytale about grief, rebellion and the power of love. Once in opposing kingdoms lived a princess and a prince who had lost their mothers. Althea, unable to cry, became light with grief and floated, and so was locked away. Digby became so heavy-hearted that he could never smile, and so was trained as a warrior. One day, he declares war. Althea is forced out of hiding and down to ground but, in defiance of her father, she escapes, only to encounter the solemn prince on contested land. Beside a lake the warring heirs begin a passionate and illicit affair. But for Althea to find real love, she must first confront the world’s darkness and face her own deepest fears.
B/O Price £12- £34
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Other Info Suitable for 13yrs+.
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Venue Details

Lyttelton, National Theatre (NT)
South bank, London, SE1 9PX
(south side of Waterloo Bridge)
Tube: Waterloo
Tel: 020 7452 3000

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