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The Other Place

A National Theatre Production in Association with A Zeldin Company

Overview

Two sisters reunite on the anniversary of the death of their father.

Their uncle has remodelled their family home, in an attempt at afresh start. But one sister’s sudden reappearance threatens to shatter thisfragile idyll as she demands justice for the pain she carries.

Amid the debris and the new extension, guilt, grief and greedbattle it out in the family’s competing dreams of their future. When we arefaced with the suffering of others, even those closest to us, can we look away?

Alexander Zeldin writes and directs his new play inspired by Antigone, with music by Yannis Philippakis (Foals).

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"Performances across the board are tremendous"
Financial Times
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"Astonishing"
WhatsOnStage
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"The outstanding play of the year"
Broadway World
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"a searing, gasp-inducing take on Sophocles"
Guardian
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"True sucker-punch theatre"
Telegraph

Writer and Director [Alexander Zeldin], Set and Costume Designer [Rosanna Vize], Lighting Designer [James Farncombe], Composer [Yannis Philippakis], Sound Designer [Josh Anio Grigg], Movement Director [Marcin Rudy], Casting Director [Alastair Coomer CDG], Intimacy Coordinator [Elle McAlpine for EK Intimacy], Voice Director [Cathleen McCarron], Dramaturg [Sasha Milavic Davies], Dramaturg [Faye Merralls], Associate Director [Sammy Glover], Associate Lighting Designer [Bethany Gupwell]

Lee Braithwaite, Emma D’Arcy, Emma Ernest, Tylan Grant, Jerry Killick, Lorna Lowe, Tobias Menzies, Alison Oliver, Nina Sosanya, Simon Willmont

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The Other Place
London
National Theatre
Sep 27
Nov 9, 2024

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Production photography. Photos © Sarah Lee