Performance

Venue	Hampstead Theatre
	Also: Michael Frayn Space/Hampstead Downstairs
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	11th April 2013
Opened	17th April 2013
To	18th May 2013
When	19:30. Apr 17 at 19:00. Sat Mat 15:00. Wed Mat 14:30
Prices	From £18.00. To £29.00.
Hampstead Theatre (V202)
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Date of change: 26 Mar 13 - T01177369054
Date of change: 18 Feb 13 - T01177369054

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

Work:: #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei (S418982981)

On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport. Advised merely that his travel "could damage state security", he was escorted to a van by officials after which he disappeared for 81 days. On his release, the government claimed that his imprisonment related to tax evasion. Howard Brenton's new play is based on recent conversations with Ai in which he told the story of that imprisonment - by turns surreal, hilarious, and terrifying. A portrait of the Artist in extreme conditions, it is also an affirmation of the centrality of Art and of freedom of speech in civilised society.

Author

Howard Brenton (based on Barnaby Martin's conversations with Ali Weiwei)

Production:: (T01177369054)

Producer	Hampstead Theatre
Director	James Macdonald
Design	Ashley Martin Davis
Lighting	Matthew Richardson
Sound	Emma Laxton
Choreographer	Scott Ambler
Performer	Christopher Goh
Performer	Junix Inocian
Performer	Andrew Koji
Performer	Orion Lee
Performer	David Lee-Jones
Performer	Andrew Leung
Performer	Richard Rees
Performer	David Tse
Performer	Benedict Wong

Listing:: L1718954964

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Special Performances

4 May 13 Audio Described
14 May 13 Captioned

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