Translations Tickets

London

21 Oct 2019 - 18 Dec 2019

Translations Information

Following a sold-out run in 2018, Ian Rickson's exquisite production returns. Ciarán Hinds reprises his critically acclaimed role of patriarch and school master, Hugh, whose livelihood and culture are at risk. He will be re-joined by Seamus O'Hara and Judith Roddy.

Owen, the prodigal son, returns to rural Donegal from Dublin. With him are two British army officers. Their ambition is to create a map of the area, replacing the Gaelic names with English. It is an administrative act with radical consequences.

Brian Friel's modern classic sees the turbulent relationship between England and Ireland play out in one quiet community.

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Run time

2hrs 30mins (inc. interval)

Opening date

October 21st, 2019

Closing date

December 18th, 2019

Venue

Olivier Theatre

Cast and creative

By: Brian Friel
Songs by: Stephen Warbeck
Director: Ian Rickson
Cast list: Dermot Crowley, Ciarán Hinds, Seamus O’Hara, Judith Roddy, Rufus Wright, Jack Bardoe, Liádan Dunlea, Fra Fee, Amy Molloy and Julian Moore-Cook.
Design: Rae Smith
Lighting: Neil Austin
Costume: Rae Smith
Choreography: Anna Morrisey
Sound: Ian Dickinson

Our review

Review - Translations returns to the National Theatre

5/5

It couldn't be more timely for the National Theatre to be reviving its stirring, magnificent 2018 production of Brian Friel's Translations at this precarious point in our national history when Britain's tortuous relationship with Ireland is being recalibrated once again in the ongoing arrangements being negotiated for our departure from the European Union.Friel's history play, set in a hedge-school (an unlicensed, makeshift rural school) in a Gaelic speaking community in Baile Beag (Ballybeg) in...

24 Oct 2019, 00:00

Latest Translations News & Features

Casting announced for return of Translations to the National Theatre

Casting has been announced for the upcoming return of Brian Friel's play Translations to the National Theatre, following its sell-out run in the Olivier last year.Dermot Crowley, Ciarán Hinds, Seamus O'Hara, Judith Roddy, and Rufus Wright will all return to Ian Rickson's production, which runs in the Olivier once again from 15th October.Fra Fee will join the production, alongside fellow newcomers Jack Bardoe, Liádan Dunlea, Amy Molloy and Julian Moore-Cook.Friel's classic play sees Owen return...

02 Sep 2019, 00:00