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For immediate release: Thursday 23 November
PRODUCTION IMAGES RELEASED FOR ALICE BIRCH’S ADAPTATION OF THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA, DIRECTED BY REBECCA FRECKNALL, AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE FROM 16 NOVEMBER
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The National Theatre today released the production images for The House of Bernarda Alba, in a co-production with Playful Productions.
Following Olivier Award-winning revivals of Cabaret and A Streetcar Named Desire, Rebecca Frecknall makes her directorial debut at the National Theatre with Alice Birch’s (Normal People) radical version of Federico García Lorca’s modern masterpiece.
In the domain of Bernarda Alba, a daughter who disobeys is no longer a daughter.
Forced to live under their mother’s tight grip as they mourn their father’s death, can five sisters survive when young Adela dares for passion and freedom?
Olivier Award-winner Harriet Walter (Succession) plays the formidable matriarch, guarding her reputation against the rising tide of her family’s desires in this devastatingly dark and comic drama exploring the consequences of oppressing women. Isis Hainsworth (Romeo & Juliet) plays Adela the youngest, most rebellious of Bernarda’s five daughters. Playing Bernada’s eldest daughter Angustias is Rosalind Eleazar (Slow Horses) and Thusitha Jayasundera (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) will play the role of Poncia.
Joining them is Lizzie Annis as Martirio, Pearl Chanda as Magdalena, Bryony Hannah as Maid, Marcia Lecky as Prudencia, Eileen Nicholas as Maria Josefa and Eliot Salt as Ameila.
Catharine Humphrys, Asha Kingsley, Celia Nelson, Ellouise Shakespeare-Hart, Georgia Silver, Imogen Mackie Walker, Charlotte Workman, James McHugh and Michael Naylor complete the adult cast. Esma Akar, Livia Court and Sicily Rose De Bernardini will share the role of Young Girl.
Composer Isobel Waller-Bridge (The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse) writes an original score for the production.
Directed by Rebecca Frecknall with set and costume designer Merle Hensel, lighting designer Lee Curran, composer Isobel Waller-Bridge, sound designer Peter Rice, casting by Alastair Coomer CDG and Naomi Downham, and staff director Lilac Yosiphon.
ENDS
Notes to Editor
Assisted performances:
Captioned: Wednesday 20 December – 7.30pm, Saturday 6 January – 2.15pm
BSL Interpreted: Wednesday 6 December – 7.30pm
Audio Described: Saturday 2 December – 2.15pm, Friday 5 January – 7.30pm
Chilled Performance: Saturday 30 December – 2.15pm
With Thanks
This production is supported by the Red Butterfly Foundation.
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About Playful Productions
Playful Productions is one of the most eminent independent theatre producers and full-service general management companies in the West End.
Founded in 2010 by Matthew Byam Shaw, Nia Janis and Nick Salmon, our team is driven by a love for the creative process and a passion for working with the hundreds of people we collaborate with to produce great theatre.
By proudly combining artistry with business expertise, we strive to deliver the highest quality entertainment for audiences around the world.
As Producer and General Manager productions include Dr Strangelove (West End, Autumn 2024); The Unfriend (Criterion, and Wyndham’s, Dec 2023); The House of Bernarda Alba (as Producer – National Theatre, Nov 2023); Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Sheffield, Lyric Hammersmith and Theatre Royal Haymarket); A Little Life (as Producer – Richmond, Harold Pinter and Savoy); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (UK & Ireland Tour); Good (Harold Pinter); Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical (Lyric); My Fair Lady (Coliseum and UK & Ireland Tour); The Mirror and the Light (Gielgud); Noises Off (Garrick); Kinky Boots (UK & Ireland Tour); Imperium (Gielgud); Quiz (Noël Coward); The Moderate Soprano (Duke of York’s); Shrek The Musical (UK & Ireland Tours); Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Don Juan in Soho (Wyndham’s); No Man’s Land (UK Tour & Wyndham’s); Kinky Boots (Adelphi); Hangmen (Wyndham’s); American Buffalo (Wyndham’s); The Audience (Gielgud, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway and Apollo); Executive Producer on the Netflix TV series The Crown (based on The Audience); Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2 (Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway), Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies (Aldwych); The Weir (Wyndham’s); South Downs/The Browning Version (Harold Pinter); Sweeney Todd (Adelphi); Hay Fever (Noël Coward); Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Yes, Prime Minister (Gielgud, Apollo, Trafalgar Studios and three UK Tours); Krapp’s Last Tape (Duchess); Red (Golden Theatre, Broadway); Enron (Noël Coward); Frost/Nixon (Donmar Warehouse, Gielgud and Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway).
As General Manager productions include Wicked (Apollo Victoria, UK & Ireland Tours and International Tour); Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Piccadilly); MJ (Prince Edward, 2024); Come From Away (Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Phoenix); Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (Wyndham’s); An American in Paris (Dominion); Groundhog Day (The Old Vic); Blithe Spirit (Gielgud); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); Dirty Dancing (Aldwych, UK Tours and Piccadilly); Shrek The Musical (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); Million Dollar Quartet (Noël Coward) and Clybourne Park (Wyndham’s).
As Executive Producer productions include Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Piccadilly); MJ (Prince Edward, 2024) and Wild Rose (in development).
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