Gethsemane March 10, 2009

Gethsemane

10 March 2009 - 14 March 2009
Evenings: Tues - Sat, 7.30pm
Matinees: Thu 2.00pm, Sat 2.30pm

National Theatre

Running Time: 2hrs 30mins (approx)

Once it was possible to do good by being good. Now the only way to do good is by being clever.

Nothing is more important to a modern political party than fund-raising. But the values of the donors can’t always coincide with the professed beliefs of the party. And family scandal within the cabinet has the potential to throw both the money-raisers and the money-spenders into chaos.

This richly imagined ensemble play about British public life looks at the way business, media and politics are now intertwined to nobody’s advantage, as, in an unforgiving world, one character after another passes through Gethsemane. Gethsemane is David Hare’s fourteenth original play for the National Theatre.

Cast: Anthony Calf, Pip Carter, Tamsin Greig, Adam James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessica Raine, Daniel Ryan, Stanley Townsend, Nicola Walker.

Production: Director Howard Davies, Set Designer Bob Crowley, Costume Designer Fotini Dimou, Lighting Designer Mark Henderson, Projection Designers Jon Driscoll and Gemma Carrington, Music Dominic Muldowney, Sound Designer Christopher Shutt.

Official Website: http://www.theatreroyal.co.uk/whats_on/show_details.asp?Course_ID=101999