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KING LEAR
Directed by Yaël Farber
ALMEIDA THEATRE - London, UK
Feb 8 - Mar 30, 2023
Nothing will come of nothing.
We all must face the moment of truth that we won’t live forever.
Lear, father and king of unquestioned power, must divide his realm between his three daughters. The first two quickly declare the love he is desperate to hear, yet his favourite Cordelia shuns the performative circus. “Nothing” she answers, when asked to speak. And towards that nothing Lear’s world begins to slide.
As the new generation unleashes the consequences of their father’s choices, Lear takes us into the eye of the storm and its trail of destruction.
Following her Olivier Award-nominated The Tragedy of Macbeth, Yaël Farber directs Danny Sapani (Killing Eve; Hymn) as King Lear in Shakespeare’s poignant, morally ambiguous, and subversive epic.
PRESS
“One of the best Shakespeares I’ve ever seen”
THE TIMES | Read more...
“Danny Sapani triumphs”
“The performances are electric”
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THE COMPANY
Hugo Bolton
Oliver Cudbill
Edward Davis
Fra Fee
Michael Gould
Akiya Henry
Geoffrey Lumb
Alec Newman
Gloria Obianyo
Faith Omole
Clarke Peters
Steffan Rizzi
Danny Sapani
Matthew Tennyson
Creative Team
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - Writer
YAËL FARBER – Director
MERLE HENSEL - Set Designer
CAMILLA DELY - Costume Designer
LEE CURRAN - Lighting Designer
PETER RICE - Sound Designer
MAX PERRYMENT - Composer
IMOGEN KNIGHT - Movement Director
KATE WATERS - Fight Director
JULIA HORAN CDG - Casting Director
HEIDI BRYAN - Costume Supervisor
SOPHIA KHAN - Wigs, Hair and Make-Up Supervisor
DANIELLE KASSARATE - Assistant Director
PIA ROSE SCATTERGOOD - Assistant Sound Designer
OLIVER CUDBILL, FRA FEE, AKIYA HENRY, GLORIA OBIANYO, FAITH OMOLE, CLARKE PETERS & STEFFAN RIZZI - Additional Musical Contributions