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Life of Galileo Tickets

Young Vic, London
Life of Galileo
Young Vic, London
Our Review 4 / 5

Galileo Galilei: father, hero, heretic. When a chance discovery leads to evidence of a seismic shift in scientific thinking, Galileo sparks a dangerous dispute with authority. To challenge the idea that the earth is the centre of the universe is to challenge the all-powerful Roman Catholic Church. Brecht’s dramatisation of the battle between belief and reason considers whether proof matters when it inspires dissent. Joe Wright catapults Life of Galileo into the Young Vic’s Main House auditorium as you’ve never seen it before with design by Lizzie Clachan and video design by 59 Productions.

Life of Galileo Performance Information

Previews from |
6th May 2017
Opening date |
16th May 2017
Booking from |
15th April 2021
Available until |
1st July 2017
Closes |
1st July 2017
Categories |
Fringe & Off West End
Plays & Drama

Life of Galileo Performance Dates & Times

Previews from: 
Saturday, 6 May, 2017
Opening date: 
Tuesday, 16 May, 2017
Closes: 
Saturday, 1 July, 2017

Life of Galileo Cast and Creative

By:
by Bertolt Brecht
Director:
Joe Wright
Songs by:
Tom Rowlands
Lighting:
Jon Clark
Sound:
Tom Gibbons
Design:
Lizzie Clachan
Cast list:
Brendan Cowell as Galileo, Billy Howle as Andrea, Paul Hunter as Sagredo and Anjana Vasan as Virginia, Ayesha Antoine, Jason Barnett, Joshua James, Bettrys Jones, Alex Murdoch, Brian Pettifer and Sarah Wright

Young Vic Venue Information

Address:
Young Vic, 66 The Cut, London, SE1 8LZ
Venue Box Office:
020 7922 2922
Nearest tube:
Waterloo
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Our Review of Life of Galileo

4/5
Review of Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht at the Young Vic Theatre

London is currently experiencing a mini festival of immersive productions of Bertolt Brecht plays. Hot on the heels of the recently opened revival of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, which transforms the Donmar Warehouse into a 1930s Chicago speakeasy and at times conscripts the audience into the action, the Young Vic now stages Life of Galileo as a kind of planetarium installation, with a vast white dome dominating a space that has the audience wrapped around the entirety of... Read more

Latest Life of Galileo News & Features

The Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands to score Young Vic's Life of Galileo as production extends
The Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands to score Young Vic's Life of Galileo as production extends
Wednesday, 26 April, 2017
The Young Vic have announced that The Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands will compose original music for the venue's upcoming production of Life of Galileo which begins previews on 6 May with an official opening on 16 May 2017. The production has also extended its booking period to 1 July 2017. BAFTA winner Joe Wright directs this new version of Brecht’s Life of Galileo which will be accompanied by an original score from Tom Rowlands, founding member of the English...
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Life of Galileo closed on 01 July 2017.

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