Details

Based on Margaret Atwood's novel. Following a violent overthrow of the United States government by a religious dictatorship, women are denied the right to read, work, own property or enter into relationships other than first marriages. Those who defy the system are arrested, indoctrinated and then assigned to childless families for the sole purpose of procreation. Offred, the title character, attempts to subvert this regime with disturbing and fateful results. Production originally created by The Royal Danish Opera. Running time 2 hrs 25 mins

Cast/Performers

Stephanie Marshall (Offred), Heather Shipp (Offred's Double), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Serena Joy), Helen Field (Aunt Lydia), Andrew Rees (Luke), Mary Nelson (Janine / Ofwarren), Alison Roddy (Moira), Richard Coxon (Nick), John Graham-Hall (Doctor), Liane Keegan (Offred's Mother), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Ofglen), Stephen Richardson (Offred's Commander), Jacqueline Varsey (New Ofglen)

Creatives/Company

Author: Poul Ruder
Lyrics: Paul Bentley
Company: English National Opera
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Design: Peter McKintosh
Lighting: Simon Mills
Choreographer: Andrew George