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Danton's Death
National Theatre Olivier, South Bank, LondonMichael Grandage, the Artistic Director of the much-acclaimed Donmar Warehouse, makes his National Theatre directorial debut with Georg Buchner's Danton's Death, in a new version by Howard Brenton.
It is 1794 and the French Revolution is reaching its climax. After a series of bloody purges, the life-loving, volatile Danton is tormented by his part in the killing. His political rival, the driven, ascetic Robespierre, decides Danton's fate. A titanic struggle begins. Once friends who wanted to change the world, now one stands for compromise, the other for ideological purity, as the guillotine awaits.
A revolutionary himself, Buchner was 21 when he wrote the play in 1835 while hiding from the police.
Toby Stephens makes his National Theatre debut as Danton. Stephens's countless stage roles include A Doll's House and Betrayal at the Donmar Warehouse, The Country Wife at the Theatre Royal Haymarket and Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He comes to the National after playing the lead role in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing at the Old Vic.
For more about Danton's Death at the National Theatre read the First Night Feature or the Big Interview with Toby Stephens.
Cast & CreativesEXPAND
cast: Toby Stephens, Max Bennett, Stefano Braschi, Kirsty Bushell, Jason Cheater, Judith Coke, Emmanuella Cole, Ilan Goodman, Taylor James, Bernaby Kay, Gwilym Lee, Elliot Levey, Eleanor Matsuura, Elizabeth Nestor, Alec Newman, Chu Omambala, Rebecca O'Mara, Rebecca Scroggs, Jonathan Warde, Ashley Zhangazha
adapted by: Howard Brenton
director: Michael Grandage
music by: Adam Cork
sound: Adam Cork
lighting designer: Paule Constable
designer: Christopher Oram
Ticket Prices:
£10-£30
About the show
- Age Suitability: General
- Genre: Play
- Sub-Genre: Play-Drama
- Show Times: In repertoire, call box office for details
- Duration: 1h55
- opening night:
- Box Office:
020 7452 3000 - Visit the Show Website
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Venue InformationHIDE
National Theatre Olivier
South Bank, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9PX
- Nearest tube: Waterloo (250m), Southwark
- Nearest bus: 76, 77, 211, 507, D1, D11, P11 (York Road)149, P11 (Stamford Street)1, 4, 26, 68, X68, 76, 168, 171, 171A, 176, 188, 501, 505, 521 (Waterloo Bridge)
- Nearest train: Waterloo (approx. 250m)
- Parking: 5 spaces reserved for orange badge holders at riverside end of Cottesloe Ave. 4 extra bays opposite Cottesloe theatre for evening performances. Car Park beneath theatre. Spaces reserved for disabled customers near lifts. Free parking voucher available from box office for orange badge holders (present ticket at information desk). Automatic doors and ramps from the Car Park to the lobby and lift.
- Air conditioned: 1
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Venue Access InformationEXPAND
- How to book: Tel 020 7452 3000 Information Desk 020 7452 3400
- Telephones: There is a public cash telephone at Circle bar level.
- Discounts: Discounts available for all disabled people.
- Limited mobility: Please ask to be seated in an aisle seat in the centre Stalls when you book.
- Access description: Main entrance reached from Upper Ground via Theatre Avenue to Theatre Square and a drop off point approx. 40m from main entrance. Lifts up to the Olivier Theatre to right of information desk (to both Stalls and Circle levels) or staircases further in on each side (49 steps to Stalls, further 44 to Circle). Olivier Box office on level 2. No steps to the back of the Stalls, 10 steps up to raised sections. Centre Stalls auditorium has gradual shallow steps with a handrail on aisles 2 and 4. Lift to row G of Circle and 18 steps down to the front. Power assisted doors and ramps to terraces from Level 2.
- Hearing impaired: Infra-red system with headsets or neck loops. Collect headsets/loops from box offices. Induction loops at service counters.
- Guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are not currently allowed in the auditorium, however staff are happy to dog sit. Dogs will be looked after in the cloakroom. Groups should contact the theatre manager’s office on 020 7452 3281.
- Wheelchairs: Lift to the Olivier Stalls. 3 spaces for wheelchair users in row R. A companion can sit next to the left-hand space in row R, or in the row. Transfer seating is available to aisle seats - wheelchairs stored at back of auditorium.
- Toilets: Women’s and men’s at Stalls and Circle levels.
- Disabled toilets: Adapted WC on the left side of the Stalls corridor.
- Bars: 6 licensed bars. Access information: No steps to the Olivier Stalls and Circle bars (spacious, moveable seats) from the lifts. Soft drinks may be brought to disabled customers in the auditorium. Chair lift down a flight of steps to the Circle café from level 3 - contact a member of staff for assistance. The menu is available in large print.
