Details

An acrobat has been murdered at a party given by the manically depressive former musical comedy star, Dotty Moore, to celebrate the accession of a new Radical Liberal government. Her husband George, an ageing professor of moral philosophy, attempts to rehearse a lecture while ignoring the nearby corpse as his wife entertains his university boss and a chorus of gymnasts from the philosophy department. What follows is a murder mystery thriller displaying Tom Stoppard's verbal ingenuity within an anarchic comical setting of adultery, gymnastics and moon landings.

Cast/Performers

Simon Russell Beale (George Moore), John Rogan (Crouch), Nicholas Woodeson (Bones), Essie Davis (Dorothy), Jonathan Hyde (Archie)

Creatives/Company

Author: Tom Stoppard
Producer(s): Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre
Director: David Leveaux
Design: Vicki Mortimer
Costume: Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting: Paule Constable
Sound: John A Leonard (for Aura)
Music: Corin Buckeridge
Choreographer: Aidan Treays (aerial choreography)