Theatre South East

Duke of York’s Theatre, London | 24^th February – 26^th March 2016

Back in the West End for only five weeks

The Father

 

Directed by James Macdonald

 

Following successful runs at the Theatre Royal Bath, the Tricycle Theatre in London and a West End season at Wyndham’s Theatre, Florian Zeller’s Moliere award-winning play, The Father, will play at the Duke of York’s Theatre for a limited five week run, 24^thFebruary – 26^th March 2016, prior to a national tour.

 

Kenneth Cranham reprises his role as Andre. Now 80 years old, Andre was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter Anne and her husband Antoine. Or was he an engineer whose daughter Anne lives in London with her new lover, Pierre? The thing is, he is still wearing his pyjamas, and he can’t find his watch. He is starting to wonder if he’s losing control.

 

Nominated for a Tony Award for Stephen Daldry’s An Inspector Calls on Broadway, Kenneth Cranham’s numerous stage credits also include The Cherry Orchard at the National Theatre, The Homecoming at the Almeida and West End productions of Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot, The Birthday Party and Gaslight. Screen credits range from the title role in Shine On Harvey Moon to Layer Cake,Maleficent, Hot Fuzz, Oliver! and Hellbound: Hellraiser II.

 

Director James Macdonald has worked extensively off Broadway where he was recently the winner of the 2014 Obie Award for Best Director for Love and Information. He was Associate Director of the Royal Court from 1992 to 2007 and his credits includeCock, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You, the European and US tours of Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis, Exiles at the National Theatre, andGlengarry Glen Ross in the West End.

 

Florian Zeller is fast becoming one of France’s most well-known contemporary playwrights. His 2010 play The Mother was the winner of the Moliere Award, France’s highest theatrical honour.

 

Translator Christopher Hampton’s own work includes The Philanthropist, Savages, Tales From Hollywood and Les Liaisons Dangereuse. He has translated plays by Ibsen, Molière, Chekhov and Yasmina Reza (including Art and Life x 3).

 

Designed by Miriam Buether; lighting designed by Guy Hoare; sound designed by Christopher Shutt. Presented in the West End by Theatre Royal Bath Productions, the Tricycle Theatre and Simon Friend.

The rest of the cast is to be confirmed.

Tour Dates

Following the West End, THE FATHER embarks on a UK tour,

Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, w/c 28^th March;
Hall for Cornwall, w/c 4^th April;
Richmond Theatre, w/c 11^th April;
Theatre Royal Newcastle, w/c 18^th April;
Brighton Theatre Royal, w/c 25^thApril;
Birmingham Rep, w/c 2^nd May;
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, w/c 9^th May.

 

Booking Information | The Father

 

Duke of York’s Theatre,
St Martin’s Lane, London, WC2N 4BG

24^th February – 26^th March 2016

Monday – Saturday, 7.30pm; Thursday and Saturday matinees, 2.30pm

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