Performance

Venue	Minerva Theatre
Town	Chichester
County	West Sussex
From	27th June 2008
Opened	8th July 2008
To	23rd August 2008
When	Jun 27, 28, 30, Jul 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 30, 31, Aug 1, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16, 20, 21, 23 at 19:45, Jul 8 19:00. Jul 5, 9, 12, 31, Aug 7, 9, 12, 16, 20, 23 Mats 14:15
Prices	From £25.00. To £25.00.
Minerva Theatre (V1310317653)
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Six Characters in Search of an Author

Work:: Six Characters in Search of an Author (S4999)

Six characters appear on a stage that is being used for the rehearsal of a Pirandello play. They ask the Stage Manager for help. Created and then discarded by an author, they seek another author to cast them in a play and let them play out their roles. A group of actors steps forward to portray the lives that the six characters have just described, but when they do so the characters object to their re-enactment, claiming that it distorts the truth. When one of the characters commits suicide, the rest of the characters mourn his death while the actors insist nervously that it is only make believe. Which is it? And how will the situation be resolved?

Author

Luigi Pirandello

Production:: (T01416944689)

A new version by Rupert Goold and Ben Power. 2 hours 20 minutes

Corporate Sponsor	John Wiley and Sons
Producer	Chichester Festival Theatre
Producer	Headlong Theatre
Director	Rupert Goold
Design	Mariam Beuther
Lighting	Malcolm Rippeth
Music	Adam Cork
Sound	Adam Cork
Design	Lorna Heavey (video and projection design)
Performer	Ian McDiarmid (The Father)
Performer	Noma Dumezweni (The Producer)
Performer	Eleanor David (Mother)
Performer	John Mackay (Executive)
Performer	Jamie Bower
Performer	Dyfan Dwyfor
Performer	Christine Entwisle
Performer	Denise Gough
Performer	Jake Harders
Performer	Jeremy Joyce
Performer	Freya Parker
Performer	Robin Pearce
Performer	Stephen Crane (understudy for The Father - some dates)

Listing:: L900933592

Production details

A new version by Rupert Goold and Ben Power. 2 hours 20 minutes

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Special Performances

5 Jul 08 Audio Described
9 Jul 08 Audio Described

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