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1609. Galileo Galilei is a teacher of mathematics at the University of Padua. The establishment orthodoxy - which he's been teaching to private pupils for years - is that the sun revolves round the earth, which is the centre of the universe. The theory confirms the scriptures and pays the bills. Now, with the help of a newly-invented telescope, Galileo is starting to look at the universe afresh. And the more he looks, the more he sees, including mountains on the moon and strange stars around Jupiter. His discoveries not only support the heretical idea that the earth moves round the sun, they give rise to urgent new questions too. What if the earth is just another star? And if the church is wrong about the heavens, might it be wrong about how things are here on earth? Brilliant minds have been burnt alive for asking such questions. Because though this is the age of science and discovery, it is also the age of the Inquisition.T0176206296Bertolt Brecht revised his epic play about the battle between scientific reason, the power of religion, and human responsibility in response to the apocalyptic events of the middle of the twentieth century.Corporate Sponsor Reynolds. Producer Chichester Festival Theatre. Translation David Edgar. Director Jonathan Church. Design Simon Higlett. Lighting Mark Henderson. Music Matthew Scott. Music Anoushka Lucas. Sound Paul Groothuis. Design Dick Straker (video). Director Jenny Arnold (movement director). Director Juliet Horsley (casting director). Director Verity Naughton (children's casting director). Performer Henry Goodman (Galileo). Performer Nicholas Le Prevost (Sagredo / Cardinal Bellarmin). Performer David Calder (The Cardinal Inquisitor). Performer Oscar Batterham (Ludovico). Performer Ashley Byam (Andrea Sarti). Performer Gunnar Cauthery (Fulganzio - The Little Monk). Performer William Chubb (Priuli / Cardinal Barberini). Performer Branwell Donaghey (Federzoni). Performer Pip Donaghy (Vanni / Old Cardinal). Performer Poppy Gilbert (Virginia). Performer Oliver Grant (Ensemble / Musician). Performer Guy Hughes (Ensemble / Musician). Performer Rosalind James (Balladeer 1). Performer Anoushka Lucas (Balladeer 2). Performer Jon Trenchard (Ensemble / Musician). Performer Sharlene Whyte (Mrs Sarti). Performer Quincy Miller-Cole (Andrea as a boy). Performer Raphael Higgins-Humes (Andrea as a boy). Performer Will Tarpey (Cosimo de Medici). Performer Caleb Wood (Cosimo de Medici). | |
| 24 Apr 20 to 16 May 20 | Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L0211096029 |
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