Performance

Venue	Swan Theatre
Town	Stratford-Upon-Avon
County	Warwickshire
From	11th October 2019
Opened	22nd October 2019
To	25th January 2020
When	Oct 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 28, 29, Nov 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29, Dec 3, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 27, Jan20 3, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 25 at 19:30. Oct 22 at 19:00. Oct 19, Nov 6, , 12, 16, 23, 30, Dec 4, 7, 14, 18, 28, Jan20 4, 15 Mats 13:30
Swan Theatre (V136)
Current/Future Listings
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Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 18 Sep 19 - T264147724
Date of change: 29 Jan 19 - T264147724

A Museum in Baghdad

Work:: A Museum in Baghdad (S1230870807)

In 1926, the nation of Iraq is in its infancy, and British archaeologist Gertrude Bell is founding a museum in Baghdad. In 2006, Ghalia Hussein is attempting to reopen the museum after looting during the war. Decades apart, these two women share the same goals: to create a fresh sense of unity and nationhood, to make the world anew through the museum and its treasures. But in such unstable times, questions remain. Who is the museum for? Whose culture are we preserving? And why does it matter when people are dying?

Author

Hannah Khalil

Production:: (T264147724)

This new play explores what it means to try and create a nation - and why a country's treasures matter when people are dying. A story of treasured history, desperate choices and the remarkable Gertrude Bell.

Company	Royal Shakespeare Company
Director	Erica Whyman
Design	Tom Piper
Lighting	Charles Balfour
Music	Oguz Kaplangi
Performer	Sarah Agha
Performer	Houda Echouafni (Layla)
Performer	Emma Fielding (Gertrude Bell)
Performer	Ali Gadema (Kidnapper)
Performer	Rendah Heywood (Ghalia)
Performer	Zed Josef (Salim)
Performer	Nadi Kemp-Sayfi (Nasiya)
Performer	Debbie Korley (Sam York)
Performer	Richard Pryal
Performer	Zara Ramm
Performer	Riad Richie (Mohammed)
Performer	Rasoul Saghir (Abu Zaman)

Listing:: L845173038

Production details

This new play explores what it means to try and create a nation - and why a country's treasures matter when people are dying. A story of treasured history, desperate choices and the remarkable Gertrude Bell.

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Special Performances

23 Nov 19 Audio Described
29 Nov 19 Captioned
9 Jan 20 Audio Described
15 Jan 20 Captioned

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