Details

As contemporary America comes to an end, people are facing a future without power. Exactly how people will survive is unclear, and no one knows who will eventually rise to the top. As a episode of 'The Simpsons' is recalled by some of the survivors, we see how it is repeated through the generations and eventually becomes part of their mythology. Mr Burns examines the relationship between pop and high culture and asks if the stories we tell make us the people what we are. Robert Icke directs the European premiere of Anne Washburn's 'post electric play' which originally opened in New York last year.

Cast/Performers

Fiona Digney, Adrian der Gregorian, Demetri Goritsas, Adey Grummet, Michael Henry, Justine Mitchell, Wunmi Mosaku, Annabel Scholey, Michael Shaeffer, Jenna Russell

Creatives/Company

Author: Anne Washurn
Producer: Almeida Theatre
Director: Robert Icke
Design: Tom Scutt
Lighting: Philip Gladwell
Sound: Tom Gibbons
Choreographer: Ann Yee
Musical Director(s): Orlando Gough, Michael Henry
Music: Michael Henry