A funny and touching new version of Pirandello's high-spirited drama, set at the heart of a rural community where property and family unleash fierce passions. Sicily, summer 1916. The women gather to harvest old Simone's almond crop. He's the richest landowner in the district but he has no heir. Local lad Liola, untroubled by convention, has fathered three boys, each with a different mother. When another of the girls falls pregnant, Simone is persuaded he might recognize the baby as his own, much to his young wife, Mita's, despair. But he underestimates the power of Liola, who has his own...
A funny and touching new version of Pirandello's high-spirited drama, set at the heart of a rural community where property and family unleash fierce p...
Six generations, twenty-three characters one very special piece of furniture. Tanya Ronder's thrilling play is an epic tale of belonging, identity and the things we pass on. Table was the first play to be staged in The Shed, a temporary venue at the National Theatre, London, to celebrate original, ambitious and unexpected theatre. It premiered in April 2013 in a production directed by Rufus Norris.
Six generations, twenty-three characters one very special piece of furniture. Tanya Ronder's thrilling play is an epic tale of belonging, identity and...
1659. Mughal India. Dara, the crown prince, has the love of the people, but brother Aurangzeb holds a different vision for India's future. Islam inspires poetry in Dara, puritanical rigour in Aurangzeb. Can Jahanara, their sister, assuage Aurangzeb's resolve to purge the empire? Dara was originally produced in Pakistan; this adaptation premiered at the National Theatre in 2015.
1659. Mughal India. Dara, the crown prince, has the love of the people, but brother Aurangzeb holds a different vision for India's future. Islam inspi...
Gordon has worked hard to get where he is. But behind his perfect front door, light bulbs are blowing, the drains keep blocking, and a phone inexplicably refuses to charge. As Gordon chases the specters behind these mysterious events, he spirals out of control and his family are forced to ask whether the life they desire is worth the cost.
Gordon has worked hard to get where he is. But behind his perfect front door, light bulbs are blowing, the drains keep blocking, and a phone inexplica...